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Karl Schmedders, Charlotte Snyder & Ute Schaedel

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Schmedders, K., Snyder, C. & Schaedel, U., (2011). Hollywood rules. In SAGE Business Cases. 2019. 10.4135/9781473970250

Schmedders, Karl, Charlotte Snyder and Ute Schaedel. "Hollywood Rules." In SAGE Business Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd., 2019. 10.4135/9781473970250.

Schmedders, K, Snyder, C & Schaedel, U 2011. Hollywood Rules, In SAGE Business Cases, SAGE Publications Ltd., viewed 12/5/2019, 10.4135/9781473970250.

Schmedders, Karl, et al. "Hollywood Rules." SAGE Business Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd., 2019. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 12/5/2019.

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    Wall Street hedge fund manager Kim Meyer is considering investing in an SFA (slate financing arrangement) in Hollywood. Dave Griffith, a Hollywood producer, is pitching for the investment and has conducted a broad analysis of recent movie data to determine the important drivers of a movie's success. In order to convince Meyer to invest in an SFA, Griffith must anticipate possible questions to maximize his persuasiveness.

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    Karl Schmedders is Associate Professor in the Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Stanford University.

    Professor Schmedders' research interests include computational economics, general equilibrium theory, asset pricing and portfolio selection. His work has been published in Econometrica, The Review of Economic Studies, The Journal of Finance, and many other academic journals. He teaches courses in decision science both in the MBA and the EMBA program at Kellogg. Professor Schmedders has been named to the Faculty Honor Roll in every quarter he has taught at Kellogg. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the 2002 Lawrence G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year. Professor Schmedders is the only Kellogg faculty member to receive the ‘Ehrenmedaille’ (Honorary Medal) of Kellogg's partner school WHU.

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