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- October 1999
- Background Note
Emergence of an International Accounting Standards Setter, The
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Provides students with an overview of recent developments in the setting of accounting standards at a global level.
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Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Emergence of an International Accounting Standards Setter, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-046, October 1999.
- October 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (A)
It is 1995 and Steinway & Sons has just been purchased by two young entrepreneurs. For 140 years, Steinway has held the reputation for making the finest quality grand pianos in the world. The past 25 years have proven to be a challenge, however. First, the company has...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
Crisis Management;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Quality;
Competitive Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Japan;
New York (state, US)
Gourville, John T., and Joseph B. Lassiter III. "Steinway & Sons: Buying a Legend (A)." Harvard Business School Case 500-028, October 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Background Note
Introduction to Islamic Finance, An
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Fuaad Qureshi and Mathew M Millett
Provides a basic introduction to the principles of Islamic finance. Examines the religious background and legal foundations of Islamic finance. Also discusses the development of Islamic financial institutions and the financial instruments they use. Concludes with a...
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions;
Financial Instruments;
Globalization;
Growth and Development;
Lawfulness;
Problems and Challenges;
Religion;
Financial Services Industry
Esty, Benjamin C., Fuaad Qureshi, and Mathew M Millett. "Introduction to Islamic Finance, An." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-002, August 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- March 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Honda-Rover (A): Crafting an Alliance
By: Ashish Nanda, James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
Faced with vexing financial challenges in 1993, British Aerospace (BAe) is determined to shed its loss-making automaker, Rover. It offers to sell its stake in Rover to Honda, Rover's partner since 1979, but Honda is reluctant to raise its stake in Rover. Meanwhile, BMW...
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Keywords:
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Joint Ventures;
Alliances;
Knowledge Sharing;
Strategy;
Contracts;
Negotiation Process;
Change Management;
Negotiation Tactics;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Auto Industry;
United Kingdom
Nanda, Ashish, James K. Sebenius, and Ron Fortgang. "Honda-Rover (A): Crafting an Alliance." Harvard Business School Case 899-223, March 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- 1999
- Chapter
The Global Financial System Project
By: Robert C. Merton and Peter Tufano
Keywords:
International Finance;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Projects;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Peter Tufano. "The Global Financial System Project." In The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995, edited by T. K. McCraw and J. L. Cruikshank. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- February 1999 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (A)
The issues of the impending negotiation between the CEO of Foxwoods and the governor of Connecticut over lifting the ban on slot machines at Foxwoods are presented. Reviews the gaming business in the United States, the special history of Indian gaming, the Pequot...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Policy;
Negotiation Deal;
Business and Government Relations;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Connecticut
Sebenius, James K. "Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-234, February 1999. (Revised November 2009.)
- January 1999
- Case
Prague Post, The
By: Paul A. Gompers
Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decisions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Profit;
Competition;
Financial Crisis;
Personal Development and Career;
Publishing Industry;
Czech Republic
Gompers, Paul A. "Prague Post, The ." Harvard Business School Case 299-033, January 1999.
- January 1999 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Advanced Technologies, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The CEO of a semiconductor equipment manufacturer is assessing the financial forecasts and financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Continued rapid growth will create substantial financing pressures, especially if profitability fails to recover and/or if...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Earnings Management;
Financial Condition;
Financial Reporting;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Outcome or Result;
Growth and Development;
Crisis Management;
Profit;
Financial Strategy;
Semiconductor Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Advanced Technologies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-042, January 1999. (Revised June 2006.)
- January 1999
- Case
State Street Corporation: Leading with Information Technology (B)
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
With Multi-currency HORIZON, a real-time multi-currency accounting system that replaced the traditional batch-oriented single-currency accounting system, successfully launched, State Street Corp. (State Street) began to focus on growing the scope of its business...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Trends;
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Value Creation;
Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kelley Porter. "State Street Corporation: Leading with Information Technology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 799-034, January 1999.
- December 1998 (Revised January 1999)
- Compilation
Explaining the Great Depression
By: David A. Moss and Joseph P Gownder
Although the Great Depression stands as the most punishing economic event of the 20th century, there is still remarkably little consensus about its causes. This case presents a number of prominent explanations including those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Maynard...
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Moss, David A., and Joseph P Gownder. "Explaining the Great Depression." Harvard Business School Compilation 799-067, December 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
- December 1998
- Case
Origins of National Income Accounting
By: David A. Moss and Joseph P Gownder
Set in the Great Depression, this case explores the origins of national income accounting in the United States. Highlights Senator La Follette's 1932 proposal for the federal government to begin collecting national income statistics.
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Financial Crisis;
Analytics and Data Science;
Mathematical Methods;
United States
Moss, David A., and Joseph P Gownder. "Origins of National Income Accounting." Harvard Business School Case 799-080, December 1998.
- December 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
STT Aerospace
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jeremy Dann
Experienced entrepreneur Charles Damon conducted a "roll-up" from 1987-1994 within the commercial airliner interior products industry. Damon's company, STT Aerospace, took advantage of an industry-wide recession in the early 1990s by buying when asset prices were low....
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Keywords:
Retention;
Business Strategy;
Selection and Staffing;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Crisis;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Acquisition;
Product Development;
Aerospace Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jeremy Dann. "STT Aerospace." Harvard Business School Case 399-056, December 1998. (Revised June 1999.)
- November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Merrill Lynch's Acquisition of Mercury Asset Management
By: Andre F. Perold, Imran Ahmed and Randolph B Altschuler
In the Spring of 1998, Merrill Lynch faced an array of challenges and opportunities related to its global asset management business. The firm had recently completed its $5.3 billion cash acquisition of U.K.-based Mercury Asset Management, a transaction that made it one...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Asset Management;
Currency;
Financial Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Distribution;
Production;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Retirement;
Japan;
Europe;
United Kingdom
Perold, Andre F., Imran Ahmed, and Randolph B Altschuler. "Merrill Lynch's Acquisition of Mercury Asset Management." Harvard Business School Case 299-005, November 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- September 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Infinity Carpets, Inc.
By: Ronald W. Moore and Thomas R. Piper
A turnaround expert must determine whether a firm in distress is worth more as a going concern than its liquidation value. If so, the finances of the firm must be restructured in a way consistent with the bargaining power of the holders of the various securities. The...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Liquidity;
Crisis Management;
Value;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Moore, Ronald W., and Thomas R. Piper. "Infinity Carpets, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-014, September 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- August 1998
- Teaching Note
Asia's Financial Crisis (TN)
Teaching Note for (1-798-081) (a reprint).
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- May 1998 (Revised January 1999)
- Case
Japan: "Free, Fair, and Global?"
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Stephen E. Lynagh
In April 1998, Prime Minister Hashimoto faced serious problems, both with his program of six systemic reforms and with his fiscal policy. Japan had been in effective recession for six years, unable to retain the miracle-growth achieved in earlier decades. Hashimoto has...
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Keywords:
Sovereign Finance;
Development Economics;
Social Issues;
Policy;
Economy;
Government Administration;
Financial Crisis;
Japan
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Stephen E. Lynagh. Japan: "Free, Fair, and Global?". Harvard Business School Case 798-083, May 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
- April 1998
- Case
Advent Israel Venture Capital Program, The
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
Explores the decision by Advent, an international venture capital firm, to start a fund focused on Israel. Advent must decide who to hire to run the fund and how much money to raise.
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Global Strategy;
Recruitment;
Expansion;
Business Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Israel
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky. "Advent Israel Venture Capital Program, The ." Harvard Business School Case 298-072, April 1998.
- April 1998
- Supplement
United States Financial Crisis of 1931, Note on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and A Keynesian Cure for The Depression,The Data Supplement
Supplement to (9-384-115), (9-382-073), and (9-382-065).
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Keywords:
Government and Politics;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Financial Crisis;
Macroeconomics;
United States
Emmons, Willis M., III. "United States Financial Crisis of 1931, Note on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and A Keynesian Cure for The Depression,The Data Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 798-093, April 1998.