Columbia CaseWorks Cases
The Program for Financial Studies, in partnership with Columbia CaseWorks, provides cases on the subject of financial studies.
American Airlines Frequent Flyer Program (Professor Trevor Harris)
An Introduction to Spreadsheet Optimization Using Excel (Professor Mark N. Broadie)
Analyzing the Analysts (Professors Paul Glasserman and Costis Maglaras)
Apple, Inc. in 2009: Seeking Sustained Corporate Growth (Professor David Ross)
Betterment (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
The Big News (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
California Dreamin': The Mess at CalPERS (Professor Andrew Ang)
Cash is King: Microsoft’s 2004 Cash Disbursement (Professor Laurie Hodrick)
Coca Cola and CCE (Professor Gil Sadka)
Coca Cola Vending Machine Program (Professor Trevor Harris)
Competitive Dynamics and Business Strategy (Professor Stephan Meier)
Continental Airlines: Accounting for Operating Leases (Professor Gil Sadka)
Corning Incorporated in 2002 (Professor Gil Sadka)
Does Detailing Pay? (Professor Paul Glasserman)
Don’t Be Evil: Google's 2004 Dutch Auction Initial Public Offering (Professor Laurie Hodrick)
Drop the Debt? Dilemmas Confronting the Design of Development Aid and Debt Relief (Professor Marc Giannoni)
EveryDay Medical: Keyword Bidding Optimization (Professor Costis Maglaras)
Factor Investing: The Reference Portfolio and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Professor Andrew Ang)
Four Princesses, Meet the Fantasic Four: Disney's 2009 Acquisition of Marvel (Professor Laurie Hodrick)
Foxconn versus BYD: Commercial Espionage or Learning by Hiring? (Professor Shang-Jin Wei)
GM Asset Management and Martingale's Low Volatility Strategy (Professor Andrew Ang)
Hannah Montana and the Tour of Doom (Professor Costis Maglaras)
Introduction to Expected Value (Professor Paul Glasserman)
Is Real Estate Real? (Professor Andrew Ang)
Keep the Change: Bank of America’s Savings Program (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
The Law360 Survey (Professor Paul Glasserman)
Liquidating Harvard (Professor Andrew Ang)
Markdown Pricing Optimization at Bloomingdale’s (Professor Costis Maglaras)
Merck and Forest Labs: Comparing Apples and Oranges? (Professor Gil Sadka)
Minerve: Evaluating the Issuance of a New CDO (Professor Chris Mayer)
Moe and Joe’s Tavern (Professor Andrew Schmidt)
Monetary Policy in Action: The FOMC Meeting of 1992 (Professor Marc Giannoni)
Negotiation in China: How Universal? (Professor Shang-Jin Wei)
NICE Systems Ltd. (Professor Nachum Sicherman)
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund: The Divestiture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (Professor Andrew Ang)
The Perfect Storm: Citigroup's $7.5 Billion Mandatory Convertible Issue (Professor Enrique Arzac)
Personal Training at the New York Health Club (Professor Costis Maglaras)
Portfolio Optimization Using Linear Programming (Professor Mark N. Broadie)
Priceline.com (Professor Trevor Harris)
The Quant Meltdown: August 2007 (Professor Andrew Ang)
Reducing Inflation in Argentina: Mission Impossible? (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
Research Brief: Trade Liberalizations: Evidence from India (Professor Amit Khandelwal)
Restructuring Kraft (Professor Enrique Arzac)
Retailer: A Retail Pricing Simulation Exercise (Professor Mark N. Broadie)
Satellite Radio: From Sirius and XM to Sirius XM (Professor Stephan Meier)
Should the U.S. Privatize Social Security? (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
Spend! Save! Consumer Life-Cycle Planning (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
Statistical Assessment of a Conflict of Interest (Professor Paul Glasserman)
Stay the Course? Portfolio Advice in the Face of Large Losses (Professor Andrew Ang)
Strategy Formulation and Competitive Advantage (Professor Stephan Meier)
Sunbeam (Professor Gil Sadka)
The 2/28 Mortgage: When Business and Psychology Intersect in a New Consumer Product (Professor Chris Mayer)
Valuing Currency Management: TOM vs. U.S. Commerce Bank (Professor Geert Bekaert)
Viagra in China: A Prolonged Battle over Intellectual Property Rights (Professor Shang-Jin Wei)
Walgreen Company, 1990: The Cash Distribution Decision (Professor Laurie Hodrick)
Western Union: Reinventing Financial Services (Professor Stephen Zeldes)
Who Watches the Watchman? New York State Common Retirement Fund (Professor Andrew Ang)
WorldCom: The Accounting Scheme Backfires (Professor Gil Sadka)
ZigZag Zippers: Funding a Long-term Capital Project (Professor Mark N. Broadie)