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- 2010
- Case
Groupe Ariel, S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation: Brief Case No. 4195 (TN).
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and James Quinn
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
of all, I'll say that this isn't a crisis, but a significant correction. It's the result of a general reduction in confidence in the Indian economy and, in turn, has fed further angst. The fall of the rupee comes at a time of corrections to other emerging market View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- December 1982 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
U.K. and the Gold Standard in 1925, The
Describes the issues and priorities involved in countries' use of the gold standard as the basis for managing their money supply. The setting of the United Kingdom in 1925 permits a real-world exploration of the important tradeoffs in "going back on gold" versus moving... View Details
McCraw, Thomas K. "U.K. and the Gold Standard in 1925, The." Harvard Business School Case 383-081, December 1982. (Revised April 1998.)
- July 1986 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Nippon-WTI Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson
A Japanese joint venture between a U.S. parent and a Japanese parent has proposed that 100% of the U.S. parent's product be produced in Japan rather than the 40% currently being manufactured there. This would require the U.S. parent to give up a dollar profit earned on... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Product; Production; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Japan; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Glynn Ferguson. "Nippon-WTI Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 287-006, July 1986. (Revised July 1991.)
- May 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Background Note
Exchange Rate Regimes
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
There are many options for a country in the management of monetary policy. At the most basic level is the decision of whether to adopt a fixed or a floating exchange rate. Introduces the economics behind exchange rates and the debate between fixed vs. floating regimes. View Details
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "Exchange Rate Regimes." Harvard Business School Background Note 704-038, May 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- June 2003
- Article
Contested Currency: Russia's Ruble in Domestic and International Politics
By: Rawi Abdelal
Abdelal, Rawi. "Contested Currency: Russia's Ruble in Domestic and International Politics." Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 19, no. 2 (June 2003): 55–76. (Reprinted in Perspectives on the Russian State in Transition, ed. Wolfgang Danspeckgruber. Princeton, N.J.: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2006, pp. 197-219.)
- March 1997 (Revised May 2000)
- Background Note
Bretton Woods System of Exchange Rates, The
Describes the exchange rate system adopted at Bretton Woods in 1994. View Details
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Bretton Woods System of Exchange Rates, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-093, March 1997. (Revised May 2000.)
- July 1983 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Hintz-Kessels-Kohl A.G.
By: Thomas R. Piper
A truck manufacturer must decide whether to bid on the sale of 120 trucks to a private firm in Costa Rica. If a bid is submitted, a decision must be made on whether to protect against the credit, exchange rate, and sovereign risks. View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Truck Transportation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Germany; Costa Rica
Piper, Thomas R. "Hintz-Kessels-Kohl A.G." Harvard Business School Case 284-019, July 1983. (Revised July 1991.)
- August 2010 (Revised February 2012)
- Supplement
Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
Second case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to a devaluation of the Bolivar? View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Inflation and Deflation; Currency Exchange Rate; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Spain; Venezuela
Hawkins, David F. "Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-020, August 2010. (Revised February 2012.)
- August 2010 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
Management must decide which exchange rate to use to consolidate the company's Venezuelan subsidiary. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Business Subsidiaries; Inflation and Deflation; Currency Exchange Rate; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Spain; Venezuela
Hawkins, David F. "Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-019, August 2010. (Revised February 2012.)
- January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Japan's Automakers Face Endaka
By: Debora L. Spar
In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
Spar, Debora L., Julia Kou, Elizabeth B. Stein, and Karen Gordon. "Japan's Automakers Face Endaka." Harvard Business School Case 796-030, January 1996. (Revised February 1998.)
- April 2008
- Journal Article
Heart of Darkness: Business Tokens of the Congo (Part 1)
By: Louis T. Wells
Few numismatic fields are as unexplored as the tokens of what was once the Belgian Congo. Although the head (and “extra-wife”) tokens have been thoroughly cataloged, I have found only one very early and incomplete attempt, by Mahieu in the 1920s, to report other tokens... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
mid-August, the biggest currency adjustment in two decades. But continued trading volatility climaxed on Aug. 23 in what many have called China’s “Black Monday.” Shanghai stocks dropped by 8.5 percent overnight, their steepest single-day... View Details
- October 2008
- Teaching Note
Samoa Tala (TN)
By: Joshua D. Coval, Bhagwan Chowdhry and Konark Saxena
Teaching Note for [209053]. View Details
- September 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Grupo Sidek (A)
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Alberto Moel
A large Mexican conglomerate, active in tourism, real estate, and steel, is faced with difficult macroeconomic conditions beginning with the Peso crisis of December 1994. The conglomerate had extensive dollar-indexed liabilities and was caught in a crunch when the... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Exchange; Real Estate; Debt Policy; Tourism; Steel; Business Conglomerates; Macroeconomics; Currency Exchange Rate; Crisis Management; Valuation; Mexico
Froot, Kenneth A., and Alberto Moel. "Grupo Sidek (A)." Harvard Business School Case 297-022, September 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
- Article
On the Political Economy of Temporary Stabilization Programs
By: Laura Alfaro
This paper provides a political economy explanation for temporary exchange-rate-based stabilization programs by focusing on the distributional effects of real exchange-rate appreciation. I propose an economy in which agents are endowed with either tradable or... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Economy; Balance and Stability; Programs; Currency Exchange Rate; Cash; Value; Distribution
Alfaro, Laura. "On the Political Economy of Temporary Stabilization Programs." Economics & Politics 14, no. 2 (July 2002): 133–161.
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Paulson Speaks on China at HBS
intellectual property protection, and domestic consumption. In addition, Paulson said, the Chinese will not “be able to develop the financial markets and banks they want unless they have a currency that reflects economic reality.”... View Details
- October 1989 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
Jaguar plc--1984
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William Schiano
A vehicle for analyzing the exposure of operating cash flows to exchange rate changes. Considers the value of Jaguar plc at the time of its privatization and share offering in 1984. Jaguar is a major exporter from the United Kingdom and the United States is therefore... View Details
Keywords: Change; Cash Flow; Currency Exchange Rate; Risk Management; Privatization; Valuation; Auto Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Luehrman, Timothy A., and William Schiano. "Jaguar plc--1984." Harvard Business School Case 290-005, October 1989. (Revised May 1990.)
- March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
With its $3 billion investment in Chinese state bank China Construction Bank, Bank of America--the second U.S. bank behind Citigroup in terms of assets and market capitalization--was one of several foreign banks directly participating in China's banking sector reform.... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Banking Industry; China; United States
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank." Harvard Business School Case 706-031, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Institutional Investors Frame Their Losses: Evidence on Dynamic Loss Aversion from Currency Portfolios Authors:Kenneth A. Froot, J. Arabadjis, S. Cates, and S. Lawrence Publication:Journal of Portfolio Management (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne