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Caprica Energy and Its Choices
Harris, Jared D.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Mead, Jenny; Adolphson, Donald; Carmack, Brad; Rogers, JamesCase DARDEN-QA-0765-EDecision AnalysisJane Barrow, CEO of Caprica Energy, must recommend to the board which of three potential "unconventional" natural-gas development sites in different parts of the United States the company should pursue. The case takes place in January 2011, when the "low-hanging fruit" of natural-gas production in the United States had essentially been picked. All three of the potential sites (shale, coalbed methane, and tight sands) would require hydraulic fract...Starting at €8.20
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Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (B): Visualizing the Business
Ovchinnikov; Anton S.Case DARDEN-QA-0906-EDecision AnalysisA bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs; where they should be located; and to which branches each of them should be assigned. This three-case series exposes students to the underlying sequence of analytical tasks; which culminate in solving an integer-programming optimization model—a main tool of prescriptive analytics. Th...Starting at €5.74
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Private Banking Advisers at BCB Edmonton (C): Calculating Travel Times
Ovchinnikov; Anton S.Case DARDEN-QA-0907-EDecision AnalysisA bank manager is thinking about how to manage the new private banking advisers (PBA) practice in her region. For that she needs to determine how many PBAs she needs; where they should be located; and to which branches each of them should be assigned. This three-case series exposes students to the underlying sequence of analytical tasks; which culminate in solving an integer-programming optimization model—a main tool of prescriptive analytics. Th...Starting at €5.74