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Post-Financial Crisis, a New Generation's Views on Money
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Adapting Your Sales Approach in a Downturn
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Why Peter Drucker's Writing Still Feels So Relevant
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Is This an Analytics-Driven Financial Crisis?
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Managing the Liquidity Crisis
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A Crisis of Long-Term Unemployment Is Looming in the U.S.
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Big Data and Machine Learning Won't Save Us from Another Financial Crisis
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Europe's Financial Crisis: No Time for Dithering
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Dude, Where's My Capitalism?
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How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, adapted from the forthcoming book Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms, the authors explain how economic analysis works in the real world.... -
Moving Back Home? Use This Time to Take Control of Your Finances.
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The JP Morgan "Whale" Report and the Ghosts of the Financial Crisis
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Research: How the Financial Crisis Drastically Increased Wealth Inequality in the U.S.
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Needs a Real Website
Brand management Digital ArticleReally? This is the online face of the of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission? The commission that’s tasked with restoring the public’s trust in our banking sector by bringing to light the misdeeds and malfeasance that caused the Great Recession? The Commission whose leader, Phil Angelides, as The New York Times‘ Frank Rich points out, […] -
A Financial Crisis Fifty Years in the Making?
Financial crisis Digital ArticleOver the past few weeks, I grew sick of listening to “big picture” stories on the financial crisis that only covered the last 5 to 10 years. That’s not the big picture. If anything, that’s the small-to-medium picture. So I called Walter Kiechel, the former managing editor of Fortune magazine and former editorial director of […] -
Why We Didn’t Learn Enough From the Financial Crisis
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Crisis of Faith in the Financial System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhat happens when there is a mass loss of confidence in the financial system? This very contemporary question was put in unexpected historical context... -
The UK Economic Crisis Might Not Be a One-Off
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleBritain’s travails are part of a wider set of political and economic problems in Europe. -
The Social and Political Costs of the Financial Crisis, 10 Years Later
Government Digital ArticleGovernment bailouts may have saved the economy, but to many people they didn’t feel fair. -
Why the Latest Financial Reform Bills Won't Prevent Another Crisis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIn case you were starting to feel good about the outcome of the financial reform debates, here's a bold prediction: The reform bills making their way...
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First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details First Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents... -
Mexico (B): Escaping from the Debt Crisis?
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the "Third World Debt Crisis" that came to the forefront of global... -
Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks,... -
Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system... -
NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was... -
Grupo ABC and Nizan Guanaes's Path from Brazil to the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Internationally recognized Brazilian Nizan Guanaes, co-founder of Grupo ABC, a rapidly growing global advertising firm ranked 18th in 2011, had aspirations... -
The Panic of 1837 and the Market Revolution in America (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In 1837, President Martin Van Buren confronted a dilemma over the appropriate federal response to the recent panic of 1837 that seemed to undercut the... -
Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (A2)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Hermann Gudmundsson, the CEO of Esso Iceland (provider of fuel and lubricants) was expected to begin merging Esso Iceland with Bilanaust, an Icelandic... -
Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On May 7, 1998, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, chaired by Brooksley Born, issued a "Concept Release," inviting public comment on the relevance... -
The Panic of 1873 and the "Long Depression" (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7525. In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes must decide whether to sign the Bland-Allison Act and commit the United States to minting... -
Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details This (B) case provides the 2009 reflections of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt on CFTC Chairman Brooksley Born's 1998 efforts to consider regulating... -
Yale Investments Office: November 2020
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The Guggenheims and Chilean Nitrates
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the growth of Guggenheim Brothers as one of the largest mining companies in the world in the early twentieth century. Global expansion... -
Crisis and Reform in Japan's Banking System (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 1997, amidst Japan's ongoing financial problems, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto sought to restructure the financial sector to make it more transparent... -
Lehman Brothers: Crisis in Corporate Governance
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Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case analyzes Dow Chemical Company's proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas in 2008. The $18.8 billion acquisition was part of Dow's strategic transformation... -
Tramsa Mobility on the Ropes: Dealing with a Cyberattack (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In summer 2020, Tramsa Mobility, a Spanish transportation carrier that operated several concession contracts from the administration, was victim of a... -
Pershing Square's Pandemic Trade (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the decision that Bill Ackman, CEO and founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, was considering in late February 2020 about... -
The IMF: the Washington Consensus, the critics, and the New Challenges as China Rises
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details How the International Monetary Fund (IMF) defined and carried out its mandate has evolved considerably since 1944, when it was founded to serve a vital... -
Jan Carlzon: CEO at SAS (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Describes Jan Carlzon's actions on assuming the CEO's responsibility at SAS in a time of financial and organizational difficulty. After tracing Carlzon's...
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Post-Financial Crisis, a New Generation's Views on Money
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIn 2008, adult conversations shifted. After nearly a decade of headlines on terrorism and the resultant wars, suddenly signs of financial trouble demanded... -
First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details First Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents... -
Mexico (B): Escaping from the Debt Crisis?
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the "Third World Debt Crisis" that came to the forefront of global... -
Adapting Your Sales Approach in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleThe right process can help you boost revenue, expand margins, and successfully launch new products - even in challenging economic times. -
Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks,... -
Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system... -
NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was... -
Why Peter Drucker's Writing Still Feels So Relevant
Global Business Digital ArticleHe approached management as a historian, not as a guru. -
Grupo ABC and Nizan Guanaes's Path from Brazil to the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Internationally recognized Brazilian Nizan Guanaes, co-founder of Grupo ABC, a rapidly growing global advertising firm ranked 18th in 2011, had aspirations... -
The Panic of 1837 and the Market Revolution in America (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In 1837, President Martin Van Buren confronted a dilemma over the appropriate federal response to the recent panic of 1837 that seemed to undercut the...