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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2015 (Revised October 2019)

  The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth

  Sophus A. Reinert

  The continent of Europe seemed in the spring of 2015 to be in a weaker position relative to other world regions than it had in centuries. Though comparatively small, it had long played a disproportionate role in world history, to the extent that the modern world system of states itself in large parts had been created in the wake of European imperialism. This case examines the deep history of Europe’s so-called “Great Divergence,” the means by which it achieved “modern economic growth” and conquered large parts of the known world, and the consequences of this moment for the past, present, and future of capitalism.

  Keywords: The Great Divergence; Modern Economic Growth; globalization; Empire; Disruption; Economic Growth; Values and Beliefs; History; Globalization; Europe;

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  Reinert, Sophus A. "The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth." Harvard Business School Case 715-039, April 2015. (Revised October 2019.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2019

  Serbia at a Crossroads

  Sophus A. Reinert, Federica Gabrieli and Jyotika Banga

  In the fall of 2018, Serbia found itself at a crossroads yet again. Following the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and the collapse of Yugoslavia, the country had embarked on a slow and arduous process of accession to the European Union (EU). This had been further hampered by the country’s tortuous relations to its breakaway province of Kosovo, one of several regions fighting for political independence at a time when the continent itself was seeking greater economic and political integration in the form of the EU. Support for the EU accession was falling in Serbia, however, also in light of the increasing presence in the country of Russian and Chinese interests and investments. But would the country eventually have to pick a side amidst the rapidly changing geopolitics of the early twenty-first century?

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  Reinert, Sophus A., Federica Gabrieli, and Jyotika Banga. "Serbia at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 720-004, October 2019.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2018 (Revised October 2019)

  Nauru: Paradise Lost

  Sophus A. Reinert, Dawn H. Lau, Courtney Basanovic and Julie Kheyfets

  Keywords: Nauru; Marcus Stephen; Nauru;

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  Reinert, Sophus A., Dawn H. Lau, Courtney Basanovic, and Julie Kheyfets. "Nauru: Paradise Lost." Harvard Business School Case 719-009, October 2018. (Revised October 2019.)  View Details

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