Fall 2011
Modern Urban Mobility: Bicycle Sharing For New York City?
Given the financial and operational challenges, is it possible to devise a sustainable bicycle sharing program in New York City?
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Spring 2012
Motorola's Spin-Off of Its Cell Phone Business
How does Motorola's decision to spinoff an unprofitable unit impact the conglomerate's overall strategy going forward?
Spring 2012
GM Asset Managment and Martingale's Low Volatility Strategy
Should General Motors' pension plan investment team adapt a low volatility strategy that, although attractive in many respects, contradicted generally accepted finance theory?
Spring 2012
Children's Press
Can a qualitative research study on sales force motivation provide some concrete answers for a struggling regional sales manager in children's publishing?
Spring 2012
Betterment
How can Betterment, a new online tool for "casual" investors, provide additional value to its customers and continue to grow the company's worth?
Spring 2012
Infosys 3.0: Building Tomorrow's Enterprise?
What strategy would ensure the continued growth and success of an Indian technology company facing internal and external challenges?
Spring 2012
The Coup
How should shareholders be informed of a recent "coup" on the board which resulted in a hasty firing of the CEO?
Spring 2012
Four Princesses, Meet the Fantastic Four: Disney's 2009 Acquisition of Marvel
A merger in the youth entertainment industry is in the works: Should Marvel accept Disney's offer?
Spring 2012
An Introduction to Spreadsheet Optimization Using Excel
How can one use "optimizers" to solve linear, nonlinear, and integer programs within spreadsheets?
Spring 2012
Portfolio Optimization Using Linear Programming
How can a linear programming model help a portfolio manager decide upon issues of risk and return?