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Background Note on the Philippines and Financial Inclusion
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.;Technical Note DARDEN-GEM-0149-EEconomicsThis note provides context regarding financial inclusion in the Philippines. It discusses the nature of poverty in the country; provides details on the financial system, especially the financial organizations that serve the poor; and presents some initiatives to broaden access to finance.Starting at €8.20
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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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Option Greeks, Insider Trading, and the Heinz Acquisition
Tomio, Davide; Augustin, Patrick; Brenner, Menachem; Subrahmanyam, MartiCase DARDEN-F-1978-EFinanceJust before Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, acquired H. J. Heinz Company on February 14, 2013, rumors had been circulating that the Omaha investing oracle had set eyes on the condiment giant. By the time the official acquisition was announced, questions had arisen about some unusual trading activity in financial markets. A very profitable trade was made on the option market just a few days before the announcement: a $90,000 trad...Starting at €8.20
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Option Greeks, Insider Trading, and the Heinz Acquisition
Tomio, Davide; Augustin, Patrick; Brenner, Menachem; Subrahmanyam, MartiCase DARDEN-F-1978FinanceJust before Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, acquired H. J. Heinz Company on February 14, 2013, rumors had been circulating that the Omaha investing oracle had set eyes on the condiment giant. By the time the official acquisition was announced, questions had arisen about some unusual trading activity in financial markets. A very profitable trade was made on the option market just a few days before the announcement: a $90,000 trad...Starting at €8.20
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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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BPI Globe BanKO and Inclusive Banking in the Philippines
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0137-EEconomicsIn early 2014, John Rubio became CEO of BPI Globe BanKO, the three-year-old mobile-based savings bank that was far from accomplishing its mission to bring banking to the majority of Filipinos who did not have access to basic financial services, and to do so profitably. Rubio formulated a three-pillar strategy to increase customer acquisition and financial product offerings. His goals were to reach 1 million customers by year-end 2014 and supplant...Starting at €8.20
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Option Greeks, Insider Trading, and the Heinz Acquisition - Teaching Note
Tomio, Davide; Augustin, Patrick; Brenner, Menachem; Subrahmanyam, MartiTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1978TNFinanceTeaching note for product F-1978Starting at €0.00
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Option Greeks, Insider Trading, and the Heinz Acquisition - Teaching Note
Tomio, Davide; Augustin, Patrick; Brenner, Menachem; Subrahmanyam, MartiTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1978TN-EFinanceTeaching Note for product F-1978Starting at €0.00