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Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance---2006 Update
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-207107-EFinanceProvides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance, and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2002 to 2006. Examples of project-financed investments include the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline, $6 billion Iridium global satellite telecommunications system, $900 million A2 Toll Road in Poland, $1.4 billion Mozal aluminum smelter in Mozambique, and $20 billion Sakhalin I...Starting at €8.20
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Reseña del financiamiento de proyectos y del financiamiento de infraestructuras-Actualización de 2006
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-208S08FinanceProporciona una introducción a los campos de la financiación de proyectos y la financiación de infraestructuras, y da un resumen estadístico de las inversiones financiadas por el proyecto durante los años de 2002 a 2006. Los ejemplos de las inversiones financiadas por el proyecto incluirá los $ 4 billón oleoducto Chad-Camerún, $ 6 billón Iridium mundial sistema de telecomunicaciones por satélite, $ 900 millones de A2 carretera de peaje en Polonia...Starting at €8.20
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Steve Maiden (A): A Hedge Fund Manager's Fall from Grace
Belmi, Peter; Sesia, AldoCase DARDEN-OB-1437-ELeadership and People ManagementIn mid-2008 hedge fund manager Steve Maiden was riding high. The self-assured Maiden had launched his own fund in late 2006 and it was substantially outperforming the market. Investors wanted in and Maidens personal wealth exceeded even his own lofty exStarting at €8.20
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Sarah Gets a Diamond
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Mills, GregCase DARDEN-QA-0702-EDecision AnalysisGreg Mills describes his search for the perfect engagement ring which includes an analysis of the prices of 6,000 diamonds. An engineer, Greg hopes to impress Sarah Staggers by using regression to find an underpriced diamond. Students are asked to either select one of the 6,000 diamonds or provide point forecasts for prices of 3,142 diamonds in a hold-out sample. The instructor can use the actual prices of the held-out diamonds to evaluate stude...Starting at €8.20
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Valuation of Netflix, Inc.
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Conroy, Robert M.Case DARDEN-F-1610-EFinanceIntended for MBAs, this case concerns the valuation of Netflix, Inc., which was the largest U.S. online movie rental subscription service in early 2009. After reviewing Netflix's historical financial and customer relationship performance, this case presents three approaches for valuing the firm in early 2009. The first is a company-level discounted cash flow analysis based on pro forma projections of revenues, earnings, and cash flow. The second ...Starting at €8.20
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Hightower Department Stores: Imported Stuffed Animals (Spanish version)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.Case DARDEN-QA-0954Decision AnalysisThis is a Spanish translation of the April 15, 2013, version of UVA-QA-0268. Julia Brown, toy buyer for the Hightower Department Stores, has to decide which of three imported stuffed animals will be offered for sale by the 16 Hightower stores during the approaching Christmas shopping season. The case is appropriately used as an introduction to the concepts of least squares and regression analysis. A linear relationship between realized and test-m...Starting at €8.20
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Nikki Brown: Caught between Career and Conscience
Prengler, Melanie; Sesia, AldoCase DARDEN-OB-1432-ELeadership and People ManagementThis field-based case puts students in the role of Nikki Brown, a Black female police officer at the St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD). After repeatedly witnessing and experiencing acts of discrimination, favoritism, harassment, and racism within the SLCPD, Brown must decide whether to file a formal complaint or remain silent. Reporting illegal, immoral, or unethical behavior within a long-entrenched US police culture could cost Brown he...Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (A)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0749-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBAExec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the A case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus has infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to grow ...Starting at €8.20