Publications

January 2019
Supplement

Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar (B): Data Analysis

By: Jill Avery and Gerald Zaltman

In early 2018, Nestlé announced the sale of its U.S. candy-making division and a select collection of 20 of its confectionery brands, including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion. Luckily, an old consumer research study on the Nestlé Crunch Bar... View Details

18 Sep 2008
Working Paper Summaries

The Internalization of Advertising Services: An Inter-Industry Analysis

Keywords: by Sharon Horsky, Steven C. Michael & Alvin J. Silk; Advertising

August 1977 (Revised February 1981)
Background Note

Introduction to Balance of Payments Analysis

By: Bruce R. Scott

Minimal background to permit interpretation of positive or negative balances in the key summary accounts of a balance of payments statement; also to permit relating these balances and relevant supporting detail to a possible national development strategy. Designed for... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Development Economics; Planning; Accounting Industry; Canada

Educators

2001
Other Unpublished Work

Inventory Record Inaccuracy: An Empirical Analysis

By: Nicole DeHoratius and A. Raman

September 1981
Article

Portfolio Analysis with Factors and Scenarios

By: André Perold and Harry M. Markowitz

Article

Enhancing Policy Models with Exploratory Analysis

By: Arthur C. Brooks and Gregory B. Lewis

March 2018
Supplement

Supplementary Workbook for Student Analysis Opportunities

By: Marco Di Maggio and Lauren G. Pickle

September 2002
Teaching Note

Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (A,B,&C) (TN)

By: Rakesh Khurana and Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for (9-803-046), (9-803-047), and (9-803-048). View Details

1968
Book

Computer Models for Business Case Analysis

By: David Hawkins and Brandt R. Allen

Keywords: Information Technology; Theory

September 1972 (Revised August 1989)
Background Note

Simple Economic Tools for Strategic Analysis

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

January 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Decision Analysis and the Risk Profile

By: Paul A. Vatter

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making

October 1985 (Revised September 1986)
Background Note

Long-Term Debt Reporting, Rating, and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt

1978
Book

Equity Valuation: Models, Analysis and Implications

By: David Hawkins and Walter J. Campbell

Keywords: Equity; Valuation; Theory

2014
Working Paper

Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna

Since the 1990s, several Western firms have filed patents based on medicinal herbs from emerging markets, evoking protests from local stakeholders against 'bio-piracy'. We explore conditions under which firms and local stakeholders share rents from such patents. Our... View Details

Keywords: Rents From New Technology; Local Stakeholders; Herbal Patents; QCA; Fuzzy Set Analysis; Qualitative Case Studies; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Patents; Emerging Markets; Health Care and Treatment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

Read Now

1982
Casebook

Cases in Operations Management: Analysis and Action

By: W. Earl Sasser, Kim B. Clark, David A. Garvin, Margaret B.W. Graham, Ramchandran Jaikumar and David H. Maister

Keywords: Cases; Operations; Management; Theory

2013
Book

Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy

This book provides a framework for business analysis and has been used by business schools throughout the world. It provides a foundation for analysis using four key steps: 1) Strategy analysis: Identifying a firm's strategy and understanding sources of its competitive... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Debt Securities; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Credit; Business Ventures; Strategy; Financial Condition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Forecasting and Prediction

December 2007
Article

Applying Modern Risk Management to Equity and Credit Analysis

By: Robert C. Merton

Traditional conventions of accounting and actuarial science distort the valuation of capital risk in corporations with pension plans because under these conventions, pension assets and liabilities are not included in balance sheet calculations. The modern risk... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Valuation; Financial Reporting; Decision Making; Credit; Financial Statements; Capital; Equity; Compensation and Benefits