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Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)
Iyer, Lakshmi; Alfaro, Laura; Arora, NamrataCaso HBS-709029-EEconomíaIn October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of the Nano, the world's cheapest car. What strategy could Tata have pursued to avoid this outcome? Would similar problems arise in Gujarat state, where the project had been relocated?Desde 5,74 €
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U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Alfaro, Laura; Kim, ReneeNota del Instructor HBS-710003-EEconomíaTeaching Note for [708036] and [709045].Desde 0,00 €
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Rovna Dan: The Flat Tax in Slovakia
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Damgaard Jensen, Ane; Dessain, VincentCaso HBS-707043-EEconomíaExplores the tax policy choices made by Slovakia and the impact of reforms. Set in 2006, looks at the decision facing new Prime Minister Robert Fico as he faces the public's "reform fatigue." Traces the development of tax and fiscal policies since Slovakia's independence in 1993, focusing on the 2004 implementation of the rovna dan, or "equal tax," a drastic simplification of the tax system. A major theme is the impact of labor market and welfare...Desde 8,20 €
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Chile: Unrest in the Copper Nation
Alfaro, Laura; Jeong, SarahCaso HBS-320051-EEconomíaFor decades, Chile enjoyed the stability of being the world's largest producer of copper. Keynes would have advised that this period of growth would have been the time for the government to save, that "the boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerDesde 8,20 €
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture, Module Note for Instructors
Alfaro, LauraNota del Instructor HBS-708041-EEconomíaInstructor's guide - not available for classroom use. This module note presents a series of case studies taught in the Harvard Business School course Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy (IMaGE). The course addresses the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy and proposes strategies for managing the risks associated with globalization. The course emphasizes both the economic consequences of policies and the pol...Desde 0,00 €
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Special Economic Zones in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, LakshmiCaso HBS-709027-EEconomíaIn 2005, the government of India enacted the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act in order to attract investment, generate export revenues, and create manufacturing jobs. However, several planned projects faced difficulties in acquiring land for setting up the SEZ. In December 2007, the government introduced a new piece of legislation, which proposed to extend the power of eminent domain to allow the government to acquire land for SEZs. Was this the ...Desde 8,20 €
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COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
Alfaro, Laura; Jeong, SarahCaso HBS-320108-EEconomíaIn the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease's impact on human life permDesde 8,20 €
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Floating the Exchange Rate: In Pursuit of the Chinese Dream
Alfaro, Laura; Jeong, SarahCaso HBS-320039-EEconomíaIn the decades following 2005, China faced significant financial challenges. Inflation spiraled upwards and China's economy stagnated in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. The country's leaders took an interventionist approach to weather the storm,Desde 8,20 €
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Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)
Alfaro, Laura; Roscini, Dante; Kim, ReneeCaso HBS-710020-EEconomíaIn 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed. His fiscal policy that had come under attack just a year ago had been used to finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most popular minister. However, the future of Chile's fiscal policy was questionable with the election of a new president, Sebastian Pinera, the first conservative leader to lead Chile in t...Desde 5,74 €
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The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, Lakshmi; White, HilaryCaso HBS-715008-EEconomíaAfter struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial 113 billion austerity plan introduced in 2010. Despite the positive upturn in the economy, U.K. policymakers still faced challenges with rapidly rising income inequality, an economy domin...Desde 8,20 €