CaseWorks: Case Study
Spring 2009

Detroit Motors Inc.

Medini Singh

How should a manager of facilities planning anticipate demand and make decisions about capacity investment?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Fall 2008

Consumer Powers, Inc.

Medini Singh

How much power should an electric company purchase from an independent producer to meet demand?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Fall 2008

Walgreen Company, 1990: The Cash Distribution Decision

Laurie Hodrick

When a national drugstore chain anticipates a significant gain in marketable securities, should it overhaul its dividend policy or repurchase common stock?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Summer 2010

Cash is King: Microsoft's 2004 Cash Disbursement

Laurie Hodrick

How should the capital-rich software company pay out $75 billion to investors?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Spring 2009

Volkswagen: Seeking Profitable Growth

Sudhakar Balachandran

How might the new CEO of a European automaker stimulate sales and restore profits?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Spring 2009

MacAfee Building Supply: Improving Performance Across Retail Stores

Ann Bartel
Maria Guadalupe
Andrew Neely
Rachel Griffith

What incentive scheme will ensure branches of a London-based multinational will enjoy continued success?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Spring 2008

Bottleneck Analysis

Garrett J. van Ryzin

How do you identify limits in the production process and mitigate its effects to your production capacity?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Fall 2008

Bank of America & FleetBoston

Partha Mohanram

Does a $47 billion deal to combine two banks make sense from a strategic and financial perspective?

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CaseWorks: Case Study
Winter 2008

Texas PetroChemical: Designing an Effective Incentive Program

Ann Bartel
Maria Guadalupe

How should a Fortune 500 chemical company modify its performance measurement and incentive system in order to increase productivity?

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