Survival Analysis in Microsoft Excel without Add-ins

Survival analysis refers to a collection of statistical techniques used to analyze the occurrence and expected timing of events. Survival analysis can provide not only the probability that an event of interest will occur, but also the time when the event is likely to occur. A particularly useful application of survivorship analysis is in the …

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Negotiation in China: How Universal?

This is a fictional case where Universal Studios, a large US theme park and resort company, has to negotiate with China’s central government to build its first theme park in the country. Students are divided into groups and each student is assigned a role as one of the negotiators or as an observer. Negotiation topics …

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Crisis and Reform in Japan’s Banking System (A)

In 1997, amid Japan’s continuing financial troubles, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto attempted to restructure the financial sector to make it more transparent and more competitive globally. He hoped that this attempt, dubbed the “Big Bang” after Britain’s financial restructuring a decade earlier, would be successful. But the financial problems, which had apparently subsided, seemed to …

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Origins of National Income Accounting

Set in the Great Depression, this case examines the origins of the national income state in the United States. Notable is Senator La Follette’s 1932 proposal for the federal government to begin compiling statistics on national income.

The Edificio Espana: A Global Investor Meets Local Politics

The Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd. (Wanda) was a rapidly growing real estate empire in China built by Jianlin Wang, the richest man in China. In 2010, Wang transformed Wanda into an entertainment company and embarked on an ambitious international growth strategy. There were hardly any limits to his ambitions; However, one of his acquisitions, …

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Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited – Governance Failure

Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited (CSIBL) was the largest investment bank listed on all Pakistani stock exchanges. There were some rumors that all was not well and that the investment banking regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), had sent a team to investigate the bank’s affairs. Since the main shareholders were individuals …

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Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects

It analyzes the macroeconomic and political situation in the UK from the end of the Second World War to 2001. It focuses on the interactions between macroeconomic performance, industrial relations, the corporate governance system and social services. Specifically, it compares and contrasts the policies (and their effects) adopted by successive government administrations, from the postwar …

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The Globalization of East Asian Pop Music

This case of the globalization of East Asian pop music is useful for teaching concepts of regional business strategy as well as cultural arbitrage. So music companies must consider why certain markets are clearly more profitable than others. They also have to decide whether to expand internationally with a regional focus on East Asia or …

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