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Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (C)
Musacchio, Aldo; Goodman, Andrew; Qureshi, ClaireCase HBS-710071-EFinanceOn November 25, 2009, the city state of Dubai stunned markets by announcing that Dubai World, its flagship state holding company, would seek a six month "standstill" on at least $4 billion U.S. dollars of its $26 billion in debt obligations. This case describes Dubai's development strategy in detail and narrates how, as part of that strategy, a series of state-owned holding companies accumulated billions of dollars in debt. The A case ends as She...Starting at €5.74
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Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (A), (B), and (C)
Musacchio, AldoTeaching Note HBS-712057-EFinanceTeaching Note for 710069.Starting at €0.00
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Sherritt Goes to Cuba (C): Cuba country data
Musacchio, Aldo; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-711003-EEconomicsStarting at €5.74
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Petrobras in Ecuador (A), (B) and (C), Teaching Note
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.Teaching Note HBS-311043-ETeaching Note for 309107.Starting at €0.00
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Petrobras in Ecuador (C): Lula and Political Risk at Home
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.Case HBS-310029-EEconomicsStarting at €5.74
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Ballis's Benchmark (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Grushka-Cockayne, YaelTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1621TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1621Starting at €0.00
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Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Grushka-Cockayne, YaelCase DARDEN-QA-0748-EDecision AnalysisA large general-merchandise retailer misses its fiscal year earnings-per-share guidance, so its CFO is charged with improving the firm's forecasts. This case presents the use of probability distributions for forecasting discrete and continuous uncertainties such as GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment, including the benefit of ranges and distributions over point estimates. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Survey of Professional Forec...Starting at €8.20
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Surveying Professional Forecasters
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Case DARDEN-QA-0805-EDecision AnalysisThis case illustrates how averaging point forecasts harnesses the wisdom of crowds. Students access data from the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) and compare the performance of the crowd (i.e., the average point forecasts) to the average performance of the individual panelists and the best performer from the previous period.The case is intended for use in a class on forecasting, and the instructor can present it in three ways: with all n...Starting at €8.20
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Scoring Expert Forecasts
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Grushka-Cockayne, YaelTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0772-EDecision AnalysisThis technical note, based on the more comprehensive note, "Eliciting and Evaluating Expert Forecasts" (UVA-QA-0734), provides a streamlined presentation of Brier and log scores as tools for assessing forecasting records among a pool of experts. The note is designed to be used in conjunction with a forecasting exercise.Starting at €8.20
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Ballis's Benchmark (A)
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Grushka-Cockayne, YaelCase DARDEN-F-1621-EFinanceIn this case series, Margaret Ballis, a soon-to-be Darden School of Business graduate, is about to begin her dream job at a leading investment management firm. On her way to becoming a fund manager, she cannot help wondering about her future success. Ballis is trying to assess her ability to consistently outperform the stock market; she questions whether it is even possible to achieve persistent performance as a fund manager. Using data downloade...Starting at €8.20