Reference No: F&A0518Pages: 8Published on: 1, December, 2015
Abstract: The case presents a context of irrational pricing in a stock and demonstrates the possible role of investor heuristics operating in the financial markets. The case is ideal in a course on behavioral finance to teach topics like the limits to arbitrage or the influence of various heuristics in financial ... More
Reference No: F&A0155(A)Pages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Describes a large commercial bank's system of performance appraisal for its branches along five major dimensions: 1) growth in deposits/advances (depending on whether they are deposits-heavy or advance-heavy branches), 2) profits or losses, 3) staff relations, 4) efficiency in internal branch routine, and 5) customer service. In actual practice, however, the management ... More
Reference No: F&A0514TECPages: 34Published on: 25, March, 2014
Abstract: This technical note lays out the necessary mathematics for understanding the martingale and change of numeraire approaches to the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. ... More
Reference No: CMHS0019Pages: 4Published on: 4, July, 2012
Abstract: The head of the general surgery department at City Municipal Hospital was not happy with the current system of charging all major surgeries uniformly, since each type of surgery consumes different amounts of each surgical resource. He was wondering if it would be possible to get a handle on the ... More
Reference No: CMA0042Pages: 20Published on: 1, January, 1965
Abstract: The owner of Pandya Farms was wondering whether he should expand the production of hybrid maize seed in view of the state government entering the business. He was also worried by the attitude of the political workers regarding the pricing of hybrid maize seed as they did not differentiate in ... More
Reference No: F&A0487Pages: 17Published on: 21, September, 2010
Abstract: National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), a company owned predominantly by the Government of India, undertakes a further public offering (FPO). The key issue in the FPO is the pricing of a share which is infrequently traded. As compared to earlier issues in the recent past, the conflict between the Government's ... More