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Colombia
Authors: Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
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[1 Faculty Rating] 709 views
By mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries.
Teaching Module on Low-Wage Work in the Coming Economy – Expanded Version
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 2099 views
FULL VERSION of the Low Wage Work Teaching Module.
Multinational Corporations, Governance Deficits, and Corruption
Author: Novartis Foundation
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Global Development Research Center
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[1 Faculty Rating] 1573 views
A web essay from Novartis Foundation discussing corruption in both developing and developed countries. The different types of corruption are summarized. The article also mentions that ethical corporate behavior by some companies may encourage other companies to do likewise.
Understanding the Credit Crisis of 2007 to 2008
Authors: Segel, Arthur I.; Creo, Ben
Product Type: Notes
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 778 views
This note examines the background of the credit crisis of 2007-2008, discusses potential causes of it, and considers its ramifications. The exhibits contain a variety of pertinent data regarding the rise of securitization, debt levels, and typical aspects of financial crises. A new matrix is introduced for thinking about a country's potential economic performance at any point in time.
Global Climate Change and Emissions Trading
Authors: Uludere, N.; Reinhardt, Forest; Trumbull, G.; McGrath, Patia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 1175 views
This piece summarizes the science and economics of climate change, and encourages readers to contemplate the strategic and risk management problems that it presents to government officials and to business leaders in developed countries and in the developing world.
GlaxoSmithKline $3 Bn Settlement
Authors: Satish, D.; Kumar, B. Sravana
Product Type: Cases
Source: IBS Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2013
Whistleblowers and the US Justice Department alleged that from 1999 through 2010, GlaxoSmithKline was engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deceive and defraud patients, regulators, and federal health programs. The case brings to light the issues and circumstance which led to the lawsuit being filed against GSK and the issues in question in the pharmaceutical industry. The case also brings out the important role played by the whistleblowers in bringing out the unethical practices in the business.
The Promise and Limits of Private Power: Promoting Labor Standards in a Global Economy
Author: Locke, Richard M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2013
This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains. Through careful, empirically grounded analysis, it illustrates the mix of private and public regulation needed to address these complex issues in a global economy....
Insider Trading in India: Lessons to Learn from the US
Author: Ratna, Garima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Amity Research Centre
Publication Year: 2013
The celebrated Rajat Gupta case had stirred the stock market community as well as the legal fraternity around the world. It threw floodlights on the widely rampant but hardly acknowledged issue of insider trading...
The Volcker Rule: Financial Crisis, Bailouts, and the Need for Financial Regulation
Authors: Minor, Dylan; Persico, Micola
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
In response to the potential collapse of large financial institutions in 2007, the U.S. government committed trillions of dollars to loans, asset purchases, guarantees, direct spending to provide fiscal stimulus, expansionary monetary policy, and bailouts of various private financial institutions. One outcome of the government's response was the proposal to enact into law the Volcker rule, which prohibited banks from engaging in proprietary trading, or trading for their own-not their clients'-benefit. Executives of large banks needed to decide how to respond to this potential change in their business environment...
Enterprise Ownership and Control in China: Governance with a Chinese Twist
Authors: Ho, Daniel; Lau, Alex; Young, Angus
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Inefficient state-owned enterprises in China were compelled to restructure to remain competitive, which resulted in phenomenal economic growth. However, this transplantation process did not occur without problems, and certain domestic attributes had to be supplemented in corporate legislation to correspond with Chinese socialistic objectives and cultural values. This article analyzes the key attributes of Chinese corporate governance and regulations concerning shareholders’ rights...
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