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General Motors Bailout Problem: A Teaching Case Using the Planners Lab™ Software

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Part of the book series: Annals of Information Systems ((AOIS,volume 14))

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A case study analyzing the “bailout” loan agreement between the US government and General Motors is presented. The loan terms required that GM produce a restructuring plan that showed it could repay the loans and become financially viable by having a positive net present value given “reasonable” assumptions over an unspecified period of time. The case illustrates use of the Planners Lab software as a modeling tool for analyzing GM’s situation. The intention is to illustrate the functionality and effectiveness of the Planners Lab software with regard to modeling and analyzing financial problems. A student assignment using this model to study GM’s situation is provided. The software and documentation are available free to academics at http://www.plannerslab.com.

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  1. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, USA

    Jim Courtney & Kristen Brewer

  2. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    Randy Kuhn

  3. Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, USA

    Gerald R. Wagner

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Correspondence to Jim Courtney .

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  1. Fox School of Business & Management, Dept. Management Information Systems, Temple University, North 13th Street 1801, Philadelphia, 19122, Pennsylvania, USA

    David Schuff

  2. Dept. Risk Management/Insurance,, Real Estate & Business Law, Florida State University, Academic Way 821, Tallahassee, 32306-1110, Florida, USA

    David Paradice

  3. Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia

    Frada Burstein

  4. College of Business Administration, Dept. Information Systems & Mgmt., University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 50614-0125, Iowa, USA

    Daniel J. Power

  5. William S. Spears School of Business, Dept. Management Science &, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 74078, Oklahoma, USA

    Ramesh Sharda

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Courtney, J., Brewer, K., Kuhn, R., Wagner, G.R. (2011). General Motors Bailout Problem: A Teaching Case Using the Planners Lab™ Software. In: Schuff, D., Paradice, D., Burstein, F., Power, D., Sharda, R. (eds) Decision Support. Annals of Information Systems, vol 14. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6181-5_10

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