The collapse of Barings Bank: An archival case for international management education

Types of international business cases that have been discussed in the Journal of Teaching in International Business include living cases, learner-generated cases, and documentary cases. This paper asses archival cases, which can be reconstructed entirely from publicly-available documents. The collap...

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Published inJournal of teaching in international business Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 99
Main Author Rudin, Joel P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Taylor & Francis LLC 01.07.2001
Subjects
Banks
Business failures
Business schools
Management
Studies
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Types of international business cases that have been discussed in the Journal of Teaching in International Business include living cases, learner-generated cases, and documentary cases. This paper asses archival cases, which can be reconstructed entirely from publicly-available documents. The collapse of Barings Bank presents an excellent example of an archival case. This paper sketches a brief outline of the facts of the case, then reviews extant archival material pertaining to the Barings affair. The archival material includes three web-sites, four books, and even a video dramatizing the case.
ISSN:0897-5930
1528-6991