Capital Markets and Investments CaseWorks Abstracts
Spring 2008

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund: The Divestiture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Andrew Ang

The case considers the exclusion of Wal-Mart from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund's investment universe and the subsequent divestiture of Wal-Mart by the Fund.

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Spring 2008

Rio Copa: A Negotiation Simulation

Sheena Iyengar
Robert Bontempo

In this exercise, students must reach an agreement on the purchase of Rio Copa Foods, closely held, private company, by CPC International.

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Spring 2008

Citigroup and the Equator Principles

Geoffrey Heal

The Equator Principles is a set of voluntary principles that banks have adopted to manage production and distribution activities. How effective is this strategy in managing and addressing public concerns?

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Fall 2007

Amax Corporation: Molybdenum Investment

Bruce Greenwald

AMAX Corporation must decide whether or not to proceed with massive investments in expanding production capacity at its several molybdenum mining operations.

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