Teaching Note for product 9B16M121.

In early 2016, stock markets around the world plummeted, raising the threat of another major depression enveloping the world. In their struggle to recover from the post-2008 global recession, many nations had expanded their money supply and lowered interest rates, with the aim of stimulating both consumer spending and corporate investment. While some of this monetary expansion increased production and employment, much of it created bubbles in asset .....more

This case builds upon Bank Vozrozhdeniye (V.Bank) (A) and (B), bringing the subject up to the year 2012. The (C) case again encourages students to balance economic and political risks against the likely increase in future profitability.

Teaching note for product 9B12M085.

Teaching note for product 9B12M084.

This follow-up to Chauvco Resources Ltd.: The Argentina Decisions (A) and (B) encourages students to analyze Argentina’s macroeconomic policies in 2012. Of particular interest are the lessons for Greece if it exits from the Eurozone, with the perhaps inevitable pursuit of the Argentine paradigm.

By 2011, many nations had experienced an escalation in deficits and debt. It appeared that some might not be able to service their debt, and might have to default. The United States a budget crisis in which “left-wing liberal” Democrats wanted to raise taxes on the wealthy while “right-winged conservative” Republicans wanted to cut expenditures. A philosophical divide existed over the role of personal responsibility versus the role of government. .....more

Governments throughout the world have offered subsidies for a wide variety of reasons, including the objectives of increasing investments and jobs, particularly those that are high-tech, stimulating economically depressed regions, supporting domestic agriculture, and preventing bankruptcies through "bail-outs." Subsidies now play a key role in business location decisions, and impact their international competitiveness. Recipients of subsidies .....more

As an investment location for IT, India may be losing its relative attractiveness compared with alternative jurisdictions. India still is a relatively ideal location for certain types of IT services, particularly those that have become commoditized and rely only on low wages. However, there has been a gradual change in IT services towards a far more differentiated set of activities, where a range of higher-value-added services rests on a new set .....more

Beginning in the 1990s, Wal-Mart sought to maintain its rapid growth by investing outside of the United States. Wal-Mart chose to enter other countries through the purchase of existing retail chains. This process created a new set of challenges, since the existing chains had their own corporate cultures and operating procedures. Wal-Mart experienced several surprising defeats. In 2000, Wal-Mart launched a chain of what it called "Neighborhood .....more