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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B) - Teaching Note
Beckenstein, Alan R.Teaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0117TN-EEconomicsTeaching note for product GEM-0117Starting at €0.00
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Housing Investment
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0627-EKnowledge and CommunicationHousing investment, a highly cyclical subcomponent of GDP, is a significant source of its fluctuations. Recent events in the housing market have been central to the meltdown of financial markets and the deep recession that began in late 2007. This note provides some background on the so-called housing bubble and, in doing so, highlights some of the primary sources of volatility in housing investment and real estate markets.Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (A)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0116-EEconomicsThe first of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case takes the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. House Majority Leader Jim Wright championed the cause for the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Authority and the big DFW airlines, ...Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0117-EEconomicsThe second of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case took the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. It then updated the situation 25 years into the future when SWA was a big airline, and the events of September 11, 2001, hur...Starting at €5.74
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The Big Three Performance Variables: Macroperformance of the United States and the Eurozone
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0625-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe "big three" performance variables-growth in real GDP, inflation rate, and unemployment rate-are important starting points for delving into the macroeconomics of any country. This note offers some brief background on the policy environment surrounding performance reporting in the United States and the Eurozone; exhibits show historical performance on each of the big three variables for both. Students are asked to relate important events in the...Starting at €8.20
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The New Economy
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0626-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe new economy refers to a unique period-mid-1990s through early 2000-that affected economic performance in the United States and led to the tech bubble and subsequent tech bust that contributed greatly to the recession of 2001-2002. This note describes the evolution of the tech bubble, the role of the Y2K problem, and the reasons for the bubble bursting in early 2000. Data are offered to show the impact this had on the broader economy as well a...Starting at €8.20
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The Automobile Industry and the Economic Downturn
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0628-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note describes the impact of trends in the automobile industry on GDP generally and the economic downturn specifically.Starting at €8.20
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Determinants of Investment
Beckenstein, Alan R.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0629-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note discusses business fixed investment and the positive relationship between investment levels and the growth rate of Real GDP, known as the accelerator relationship.Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (A) - Teaching Note
Beckenstein, Alan R.Teaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0116TN-EEconomicsTeaching note for product GEM-0116Starting at €0.00