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- June 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Nehemiah Strategy, The: Bringing it to Boston
By: Diana Barrett, Arthur I Segel and Sheila McCarthy
In 2003, Lee Stuart, who had successfully used the Nehemiah Strategy to create thousands of units of affordable housing in the South Bronx, was working with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization to implement the strategy in Boston. She and her colleagues faced a... View Details
- May 2003 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Submarino.com (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Luiz Felipe Monteiro
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- May 2003
- Teaching Note
Argentina's Convertibility Plan (TN)
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note for (9-702-002). View Details
Keywords: Argentina
- April 2003
- Teaching Note
Argentine Paradox, The: Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition (TN)
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note for (9-702-001). View Details
Keywords: Argentina
- April 2003
- Article
The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires
By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
We study the prices paid for basic inputs during a crackdown on corruption in the public hospitals of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 1996 97. We find a well-defined, negative effect on the measures used to capture corruption. Prices paid by hospitals for... View Details
- March 2003
- Teaching Note
Bolivia: Globalization, Sovereignty, or Democracy?
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Huw Pill
Teaching Note for (9-702-086). View Details
Keywords: Bolivia
- February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Bombardier: Canada versus Brazil at the WTO
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro and Brett Laschinger
In less than a decade, Bombardier had grown from a medium-size Canadian company to a highly profitable global player largely on the strength of the introduction of a new generation of regional jet and successfully marketing its product to airlines around the world.... View Details
- February 2003 (Revised October 2004)
- Background Note
Antamini Simulation Model
By: Peter Tufano
Antamini is a simulation of the value of an investment project whose outcome is uncertain. This case describes the situation facing a natural resource firm as it contemplates bidding on a copper mine in Peru. The bidder faces uncertainties about the ore deposit size... View Details
- February 2003 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
AFP Provida
By: Michael E. Porter, Arturo L. Condo and Andrea Prado
Describes the evolution of AFP Provida, one of the early entrants into the Chilean pension fund system established in 1981. By 1999, AFP Provida was not only the largest pension fund administrator in Chile, but also the largest in Latin America in terms of number of... View Details
- February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)
Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted its focus toward improving the productivity of the Colombian plastics and rubber cluster, which also included... View Details
- September 2002
- Background Note
Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases
By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
Summarizes five major trade disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO): (1) the Brazil-Canada aircraft dispute, (2) the European Union/United States foreign sales corporation dispute, (3) the Asian/United States shrimp and sea turtle dispute, (4) the United... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Conflict Management; Negotiation; Brazil; Canada; European Union; Asia; United States
- June 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Bolivia: Globalization, Sovereignty, or Democracy?
By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Huw Pill, Miguel Lopez de Silanes Gomez, Cinthia Fernholz Violand and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the economic stabilization program implemented by the Bolivian government in 1985 to 1986 and its impact on the development process in Bolivia. View Details
- May 2002
- Teaching Note
Brazil: Embracing Globalization? TN
By: Laura Alfaro
Teaching Note for (9-701-104). View Details
Keywords: Brazil
- April 2002 (Revised April 2003)
- Teaching Note
Zucamor S.A.: Global Competition in Argentina (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-599-096). View Details
- April 2002 (Revised February 2004)
- Teaching Note
Argentina's Financial System: The Case of Banco de Galicia
By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Tarun Khanna, Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note for (9-702-033). View Details
- March 2002
- Teaching Note
Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra TN
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck
Teaching Note for (9-702-025). View Details
- February 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Argentina's Financial System: The Case of Banco de Galicia
By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Tarun Khanna, Huw Pill, Alexandra de Royere and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the development of Argentina's financial system after the "Tequila Crisis" that came about as a result of the speculative attack on the Mexican peso's peg to the U.S. dollar in December 1994. Although Argentina's banking system was strengthened overall due to... View Details
- February 2002
- Case
Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck
Discusses the largest electric distribution company in Chile and one of the five largest private Chilean companies. Introduces the exercise of operating control in order to improve the profitability of the investments, privatization, and international expansions. View Details
- February 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Casuarinas Educational Corporation
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Matthew C. Leib
Casuarinas has developed a very successful elementary, now secondary, school based on excellence in teaching, service, and multilingual education. Peru lacks similar high-quality post-secondary institutions. This case focuses on the potential entry of Casuarinas into... View Details
- December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Argentina's Convertibility Plan
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the political and economic development in Argentina from 1989 to 1995, with a focus on the role of the currency board. Culminates in Argentine policy makers (Menem in particular) contemplating how to respond to the tequila crisis in the middle of 1995.... View Details