Should the U.S. Privatize Social Security?
This case explores the pros and cons of "privatizing" Social Security, examining the issues of individual choice, portfolio risk, social insurance, and rates of return.
Wireless Telecom Inc.
Wireless Telecom is a new company just beginning to provide cellular phone service in the North East of the United States.
Reducing Inflation in Argentina: Mission Impossible?
Domingo Cavallo, Argentina's newly appointed Economics Minister, considered the formation of a "currency board" as a part of his strategy to resolve the country's economic inflation. Would he receive legislative support for this idea?
Walt Disney's Sale of ABC Radio: Structuring a Tax-Efficient Divestiture
This case provides an overview of taxable and tax-free structures for corporate divestitures, discussing Disney's sale of ABC Radio to Citadel Braodcasting Corporation to illustrate the principles.
The Big News
This case presents data and regression analyses on the response of U.S. stock prices, interest rates and exchange rates to the change in non-farm payrolls, in order to analyze the market's response to macroeconomic news.
WorldCom: The Accounting Scheme Backfires
When the telecom bubble began to burst in 2001, WorldCom embarked on a fraudulent accounting scheme to inflate its profits.
Executive Compensation: Rewards for Success or Unnecessary Excess?
This brief synthesizes economic research on executive compensation to help explain the trends in both the level of executive pay and composition of the executive compensation package from the 1930s to the present.
Petromor
A state owned oil company wants to maximize revenue from the sale of its assets. Use a decision model spreadsheet to determine how they can do this.