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Boris's Brexit Dilemma (C)
Zorc, Sasa; Gregorio, Alexander;Case DARDEN-QA-0958-EDecision AnalysisIn 2019, several years after a referendum in which British voters chose “Brexit,” meaning the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), the transitional agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU is due to expire. Prime Minister Boris Johnson must prepare for two facets of Brexit, each of which involves a decision: (1) whether to invest in mitigation funding in case of a hard Brexit (meaning one without a trade deal in place); and ...Starting at €5.74
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TV Advertising Pricing at Regional Broadcast Network (B) - Teaching note
Popescu, Dana; Goldberg, RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-QA-0967TN-EDecision AnalysisEric Hughes, advertising sales manager at Regional Broadcast Network (RBN), needs to avoid a takeover by increasing revenue from ad sales. Currently, ad plans are created for advertisers by combining ad spots from a fixed inventory of shows, making an effort to meet requirements such as a preferred split of prime/non-prime shows and views (impressions) in target demographics. Ad plans are priced using rate cards (RCs) based on industry norms, and...Starting at €0.00
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DeSouza Family Holdings
Andrasko, Joe; Zorc, SasaCase DARDEN-QA-0949-EDecision AnalysisAs CIO of DeSouza Family Holdings, Caroline Erickson managed the family’s investment portfolio—a collection of real estate properties, hotels, several small grocery stores, stocks/bonds, and alternative assets. Erickson facilitated quarterly meetings to brief family members on the portfolio. She also reserved time during these meetings for family members to present new investment opportunities. During the July 2020 family meeting, two siblings sh...Starting at €8.20
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Demand Unconstraining Methods
Popescu, Dana; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0934-EDecision AnalysisThis technical note examines two common methods for estimating customer demand using historical data observations that are constrained by availability. First, this note explains how to leverage the averaging method for unconstraining the demand of airline ticket bookings. Next, the expectation-maximization algorithm is introduced using historical product sales data. Both examples rely on fictious data, and an accompanying Excel workbook provides ...Starting at €8.20
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Boris's Brexit Dilemma (B)
Zorc, Sasa; Gregorio, Alexander;Case DARDEN-QA-0957-EDecision AnalysisIn 2019, several years after a referendum in which British voters chose “Brexit,” meaning the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), the transitional agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU is due to expire. Prime Minister Boris Johnson must prepare for two facets of Brexit, each of which involves a decision: (1) whether to invest in mitigation funding in case of a hard Brexit (meaning one without a trade deal in place); and ...Starting at €5.74
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Boris's Brexit Dilemma (A)
Zorc, Sasa; Gregorio, Alexander;Case DARDEN-QA-0956-EDecision AnalysisIn 2019, several years after a referendum in which British voters chose “Brexit,” meaning the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU), the transitional agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU is due to expire. Prime Minister Boris Johnson must prepare for two facets of Brexit, each of which involves a decision: (1) whether to invest in mitigation funding in case of a hard Brexit (meaning one without a trade deal in place); and ...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Dynamic Programming
Baucells, Manel; Zorc, SasaTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0955Decision AnalysisThis technical note introduces dynamic programming (DP), a powerful tool for finding optimal solutions to complex problems that involve a concatenation of multiple decisions. This note assumes some familiarity with decision trees. Compared to decision trees, DP simplifies the problem representation by pooling together similar decision situations, allowing us to apply backward induction in batches by means of the Bellman equation. The note stresse...Starting at €8.20
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TV Advertising Pricing at Regional Broadcast Network (A)
Popescu, Dana; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-QA-0966-EDecision AnalysisEric Hughes, advertising sales manager at Regional Broadcast Network (RBN), needs to avoid a takeover by increasing revenue from ad sales. Currently, ad plans are created for advertisers by combining ad spots from a fixed inventory of shows, making an effort to meet requirements such as a preferred split of prime/non-prime shows and views (impressions) in target demographics. Ad plans are priced using rate cards (RCs) based on industry norms, and...Starting at €8.20
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TV Advertising Pricing at Regional Broadcast Network (A) - Teaching note
Popescu, Dana; Goldberg, RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-QA-0966TN-EDecision AnalysisEric Hughes, advertising sales manager at Regional Broadcast Network (RBN), needs to avoid a takeover by increasing revenue from ad sales. Currently, ad plans are created for advertisers by combining ad spots from a fixed inventory of shows, making an effort to meet requirements such as a preferred split of prime/non-prime shows and views (impressions) in target demographics. Ad plans are priced using rate cards (RCs) based on industry norms, and...Starting at €0.00
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Grappling with Uncertainty: Fintop Technology Advisors
Andrasko, Joe; Zorc, Sasa; Bodily, Samuel E.Case DARDEN-QA-0948-EDecision AnalysisAdewale Ogunleye is the founder and CEO of Fintop Technology Advisors, a technology development firm that specializes in providing outsourced software development services to financial technology (fintech) start-ups. Ogunleye has recently met with Leya Ahmed, the founder of Periscope Labs, a new fintech whose promising digital payment technology seeks to revolutionize the e-commerce checkout experience. Ogunleye proposed to Ahmed that Fintop woul...Starting at €8.20