Even by the standards of Asian succession dramas, the family feud raging at the Kwek dynasty, who run Singapore’s biggest ...

Financial sector weaknesses are at the root of the Asian crisis and require particularly urgent attention. In many cases, weak but viable financial institutions must be restructured and recapitalized.

The catchphrases may be different, but there are many similarities between the 1997 Asian financial crisis and today's Crisis anniversaries are usually occasions to draw lessons from the past—and the ...

In the seventh episode of our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Barry Eichengreen, a professor of economics and political science at UC Berkeley. He’s written extensively about the ...

Continuing our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Changyong Rhee, Director of the Asia Pacific Department at the IMF. Changyong is a well-respected economist who has worked as an ...

Pill, Huw, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 709-004, October 2008.

Wen, Jaya Y. "The Crisis with Two Names: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis - The IMF Crisis (아이엠에프 위기)." Harvard Business School Case 722-041, February 2022. (Revised January 2024.) ...

This paper analyzes the bank restructuring process in Malaysia from the currency crisis of 1997 to present. Even though the banking sector in Malaysia had relatively lower NPLs compared to other Asian ...

An alleged boardroom coup attempt, a lawsuit between a family patriarch and his son, and accusations of corporate governance ...