...,” may have been interesting companies to include in the sample. Banking/Finance/Insurance This case is useful in a financial-statement-analysis course, operations-management course, supply-chain-management course, or even a financial-reporting course that devotes a class or two...

.... This case encourages students to examine a number of interrelated ideas: activity based costing management Banking/Finance/Insurance Looking at the question of profitability from the subsidiary's perspective, some students will argue that Data Services ought to stand on its own and cover...

... management Banking/Finance/Insurance The “Dynamis Hedge Fund” case extends the discussion of performance evaluation to the hedge fund arena. See “Zeus Asset Management” (UVA-F-1232) for an examination of mutual-fund performance evaluation techniques. More broadly, the Dynamis case engages...

... or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Rev. 4/06. management of diversity entrepreneurship ethical issues private equity ethnicity Banking/Finance/Insurance TSG Capital Group, LLC, is a private...

... be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Rev. 10/09. Private equity leveraged buyout valuation Banking/Finance...

.../Finance/Insurance Suggestions for complementary cases: “Palamon Capital Partners/TeamSystem S.p.A.,” (UVA-F-1331); “The Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company: Capital Structure, Valuation, and Cost of Capital,” (UVA-F-1482); and “Introduction to Debt Policy and Value,” (UVA-F-0811) In November 2003...

... Institutions Rural Emerging Markets Access to Finance Micro Credit Economic Development Banking/Finance/Insurance Mohan R. Narayan was a leading economist at a prestigious Indian university outside New Delhi. Recognized for his work on banking-sector development, he had developed...

... Analysts Journal 49 (Jan/Feb 1993): 65–71. Liquidity mutual fund fund flow trading costs Banking/Finance/Insurance This case examines the importance of liquidity to financial markets, using the dramatic volatility of mutual fund flows in 2008 as an example. It is written from...

... in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. hedge funds hedging investing Banking/Finance/Insurance 1. What is “a fund of hedge funds,” and why is LAAMCO...

.../Finance/Insurance The case is taught around the middle of the second-year elective Portfolio (our courses in the second year run for about a half-semester). It can be taught after issues on portfolio theory have been addressed and students are familiar with the Markowitz model of asset allocation...

.... initial public offering equity issuance strategic reorganization Banking/Finance/Insurance The “TRX, Inc.: Initial Public Offering” case (UVA-F-1568) provides a comprehensive depiction of a firm's decision to undertake an initial public offering (IPO) and the process of going public...

... is undervalued relative to its peers. The case provides information on how to evaluate the earnings received by the public shareholders and outlines several alternative approaches to value PPEs. valuation private equity DCF discounted cash flow initial public offering Banking/Finance/Insurance...

... of the Darden School Foundation. Infrastructure finance project finance private-public partnerships risk management Banking/Finance/Insurance Since the time of the case, there has been a large amount of growth in infrastructure funds such that infrastructure is now considered a new asset...

...R. Edward Freeman; Christian Lown; Jenny Mead This case present the dilemma of an employee who, having been terminated in a manner he deems is unfair, has to decide whether to cash or return a $2,500 check wrongfully sent him by his former employer. Banking/Finance/Insurance...

... of the Darden School Foundation. Bank valuation subprime crisis multiples financial institutions Banking/Finance/Insurance In September 2008, in the midst of the subprime crisis, Jack Wilson, a manager with the student-run Darden Capital Management fund, is seeking to evaluate whether...

..., used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. exchange rates capital flows monetary policy Banking/Finance/Insurance In April 2011, Luke...

..., photocopying, recording, or otherwise-without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Rev. 12/01. market efficiency portfolio return investment risk analysis securities security Banking/Finance/Insurance Suggested complementary cases in investment management and financial...

... Banking/Finance/Insurance In the period prior to and following its adoption of the euro currency, Greece enjoyed a period of unprecedented economic growth and stability. When the government changed hands in 2009, however, it was discovered that much of this growth was the result of high levels...

... be best to address these issues immediately to protect shareholders by avoiding uncertainty. financial reform strategic initiatives Dodd-Frank Act regulatory authority Banking/Finance/Insurance Starting in 2008 with the fall of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the United States...

..., photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the permission of the Darden School Foundation. Rev. 1/09. marketing Banking/Finance/Insurance The class begins with a brief description of Progressive’s strategy as of 1990. The company used a focused or niche strategy. Its target market...