Should a global investment management firm get behind a new Israeli finance company led by a bold entrepreneur with an impressive, but short, track record?
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Should a global bank eager to build new business relationships in Asia offer a loan to a new state-run coal company in Vietnam?
How can one use "optimizers" to solve linear, nonlinear, and integer programs within spreadsheets?
Can three venture capital firms negotiate a deal for joint funding of a novel kind of alternative jet fuel?
How does a Citibank loan officer calculate the risk of a loan to a seemingly successful Bolivian bank - whose clients are some of the poorest people in one of the poorest countries on the face of the earth?
How can a Brazilian bank remain profitable during a period of major economic policy changes?
Should General Motors' pension plan investment team adapt a low volatility strategy that, although attractive in many respects, contradicted generally accepted finance theory?
How does Motorola's decision to spinoff an unprofitable unit impact the conglomerate's overall strategy going forward?
How should shareholders be informed of a recent "coup" on the board which resulted in a hasty firing of the CEO?
Given varying rates of felonies and emergency calls to a city's police precincts, how should the police department best allocate its patrol cars?