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Palacios, Miguel
Characteristics of Emerging Economies
Li, Wei Bruner, Robert F. Conroy, Robert M. Hoyer-Ellefsen, Richard Palacios, Miguel
F-1453 | Published October 06, 2004 | 26 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Today, roughly 30 countries are classified as "emerging markets" by the World Bank. Investor interest in these markets has grown substantially over time. During the first half of the 1990s, privatizat... Read More
Correlations in Crystal Ball
Bodily, Samuel E. Palacios, Miguel
QA-0593 | Published August 28, 2003 | 2 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Crystal Ball add-in to Excel for Monte Carlo simulation has capabilities to correlate assumptions (uncertain quantities). This note describes the various ways that correlations may be used and iss... Read More
Using OptQuest
Bodily, Samuel E. Palacios, Miguel Brohl, Brett
QA-0594 | Published August 28, 2003 | 9 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note describes the use of the OptQuest tool (updated July 2009) for optimal decision variable searches based on Crystal Ball Monte Carlo simulations. Setup of the objectives and constraints, sele... Read More
Kendall Power Plant (B): Hedging
Bodily, Samuel E. Smith, Raiford Palacios, Miguel
QA-0598 | Published December 17, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case adds the possibility of using hedging to manage risks. The impact of hedging on the distribution of profits and particularly its variance is analyzed to understand the value that hedging cr... Read More
Kendall Power Plant (A): Operational Options
Bodily, Samuel E. Smith, Raiford Palacios, Miguel
QA-0597 | Published September 10, 2002 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case series brings together the evaluation of operating options and financial hedging. An electric power plant has several hourly operating alternatives, and a decision model is used to evaluate ... Read More
The M&A "Pitch Book": Proposed Acquisition of Heller Financial by United Technologies Corporation
Bruner, Robert F. Bridges, Allison Chan, Jessica Palacios, Miguel Whitney, Karen
F-1338 | Published March 07, 2002 | 56 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note offers an example of a thoroughly complete "pitch book" for use as a basis of class discussion and learning. Actual pitch books are almost never made available for public use. This... Read More