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El Valor de los Arboles
Ruback, Richard S.; Luchs, Kathleen S.Case HBS-217S02FinanceDescribe dos estrategias alternativas de corte de árboles. La primera es para cortar todos los árboles que son al menos 12 pulgadas de diámetro a la altura del pecho. El segundo es para diluir el bosque cortando árboles menos deseables inmediatamente y la cosecha de los árboles de cultivo más tarde. La información de caso presenta a los estudiantes para estimar los flujos de efectivo para cada alternativa. Después de estimar el dinero correspondi...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 5, Fundamentals of GDP Accounting
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0017BC-EFinanceIn Chapter 5, Fundamentals of GDP Accounting (18 pages), the author considers the importance of and methods for measuring output. He presents the three basic approaches to measuring output: value added, income, and expenditure (and reviews the expenditure method in depth). He also examines the role of depreciation and looks briefly at gross national product (GNP). He explains adjustments to GDP that enable historical and cross-country comparisons...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0018BC-EFinanceChapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement (15 pages), defines the essential information in a balance of payments (BOP) statement. The author explores how to read and analyze a BOP and explains how to look for indicators of economic health. The chapter concludes with a short essay on how accounting rules are evolving at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Conclusion, Putting the Pieces Together
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0020BC-EFinanceIn Conclusion, Putting the Pieces Together (10 pages), the author reviews the key concepts in his description of macroeconomics and summarizes the relationships between them. He explores the concept of macroeconomics as an inexact science that provides a baseline for analysis and cautions against the dangers of accepting macroeconomic theory as ironclad prediction. The chapter includes an epilogue on the financial crisis of 2007-2009.Starting at €8.20
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The Deutsche Bank (A)
Moss, David A.Case HBS-708044-EFinanceFounded in 1870 to help finance surging German exports and imports, the Deutsche Bank soon moved into domestic banking. In fact, its founders aimed to create both a commercial bank and an investment bank under one roof--that is, a "universal bank." By the end of the nineteenth century, the Deutsche Bank was not only the largest bank in Germany, but also a strategic actor in the broader European market and, indeed, in the world economy. Over the f...Starting at €8.20
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The Pecora Hearings
Moss, David A.; Bolton, Cole; Kintgen, EugeneCase HBS-711046-EFinanceIn 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Senate Banking Committee began a much-publicized investigation of the nation's financial sector. The hearings, which came to be known as the Pecora hearings after the Banking Committee's lead counsel Ferdinand Pecora, revealed how the country's most respected financial institutions knowingly misled investors as to the desirability of certain securities, engaged in irresponsible investment behavi...Starting at €8.20
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Financing Higher Education in Australia
Moss, David A.; Lo, StephanieCase HBS-711047-EFinanceEven before Australian lawmakers abolished university tuition in 1973, students in Australia had long benefited from low tuition and large government subsidies. By the early 1980s, however, the nation's universities faced growing budget challenges and an apparent shortage of capacity as demand for higher education surged. Policymakers, cognizant of a growing budget deficit as well as a hard-hitting recession, hesitated to provide increased fundin...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 1, Output
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0013BC-EFinanceIn this revised and updated edition of "A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics," David A. Moss draws on his years of teaching at Harvard Business School to explain important macro concepts using clear and engaging language. This guidebook covers the essentialsStarting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 2, Money
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0014BC-EFinanceIn Chapter 2, Money (34 pages), author discusses money - the second of three pillars that make up his description of the fundamentals of macroeconomics. The author explains how interest rates, exchange rates, and aggregate price levels constitute the "priStarting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 4, A Short History of Money and Monetary Policy in the United States
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0016BC-EFinanceChapter 4, A Short History of Money and Monetary Policy in the United States (12 pages), provides a brief history of U.S. monetary policy from the inception of the dollar to the present time as a way to illustrate many of the macroeconomic principles and relationships highlighted in chapters 1 - 3. The author considers the nature of the gold standard, the creation of the Federal Reserve, and the evolution of inflation targeting up to the recent f...Starting at €8.20