Global Costs of Opacity Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Although large-scale risks such as war, terrorism and natural disasters garner media attention, it's every day, the small risks associated with the lack of transparency - the lack of transparency in the legal, economic, legal and administrative structures of the countries - which can confound global investment and trade. The authors propose new research that identifies the causes and assess the effects of this phenomenon in 48 countries. The study is based on 65 variables goals from 41 sources, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the International Securities Services Association, "International Country Risk Guide," and the country regulators. The authors of the project methodology, which aspects of the economy are most at risk, and then, by evaluating and comparing the costs of these risks on the country to another, they create an overall index of opacity. Furthermore, they correlate Opacity Index for a number of other factors, including the country's income level, economic development and foreign investment, entrepreneurship and access to capital and credit and equity markets. The authors concluded that the opacity is strongly correlated with the overall slowdown in growth and less foreign direct investment in almost all markets, and they offer the information on the lack of transparency and its factors can increase both managerial and national policy-making,. "Hide
by Joel Kurtzman, Glenn Yago, Trifon Phumiwasana Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 9 pages. Publication Date: 01 Oct 2004. Prod. #: SMR152-PDF-ENG

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