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Who Broke the Bank of England?
Ferguson, Niall; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-709026-EFinanceIn the summer of 1992, hedge fund manager George Soros was contemplating the possibility that the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) would break down. Designed to pave the way for a full-scale European Monetary Union, the ERM was a system of fixed exchange rates linking together twelve members of the European Union, including Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. However, the impact of German reunification after 1989 had created significant st...Starting at €8.20
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Korea
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Wong, Keith Chi-ho; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-715047-EEconomicsSouth Korea's economic success and its transition from authoritarianism to democracy teach important lessons in national strategy and political economy. Now, though, its famous chaebols may need reform, the population is aging, and relations with the North are as tense as ever. What should the country's leaders do?Starting at €8.20
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Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order
Reinert, Sophus A.; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-718037-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Mexican Farmworkers in the United States
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-719047-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Can Mexico Make Democracy Work
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714049-EEconomicsEnrique Pe a Nieto, the presidential candidate of the old Mexican ruling party elected in 2012, passed the most fundamental reforms in at least two decades. They included allowing private competition in the energy sector, including with the state-owned oil company, Pemex; strengthening competition in the telecoms industry; promoting private-bank and public development-bank lending. Also, political reforms allowed re-election (formerly prohibited...Starting at €8.20
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Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development
Musacchio, Aldo; Chu, Ada; Nawabi, Shahnawaz; Schlefer, Jonathan; Staykov, EmilCase HBS-712005-EEconomicsNo abstract available.Starting at €8.20
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Budget Woes and Worse Ahead...Teaching Note
Friedman, John; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-HKS749-ETeaching Note for HKS748Starting at €0.00
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Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses its Performance & Impact, Teaching Plan
Laidler-Kylander, Nathalie; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1043-ETeaching plan for KS1042.Starting at €0.00
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Budget Woes and Worse Ahead... Teaching Note
Glynn, Thomas; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-HKS752-ETeaching Note for HKS751Starting at €0.00
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New Orleans After Katrina Sequel
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-HKS189-EStrategyThis sequel accompanies the main case (1862.0). On Tuesday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, causing inadequate levees to collapse and flood the city in what came to be widely seen as a man-made disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) calculated that 105,000 of the city's 188,000 housing units were severely damaged or destroyed. It was the worst urban disaster in national memory. However, city leaders were...Starting at €8.20