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Commodities
yields and prices for agricultural commodities throughout the world. See also USDA Foreign Agricultural Service PSD Online. Consult the Baker Library Research Guide on Agribusiness Consult the Guide to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents from Harvard...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Last Look
Was he an HBS student, or was he an assistant helping the photographer carry her bags? The metal case was for the camera equipment, and the canvas bag was for the film, etc. Photographers needed to carry a lot more with them back in the...
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- March 2011
- Supplement
Gold in 2011 (CW)
By: Robin Greenwood
Courseware for case 211095.
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- April 1999 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Aluminum Smelting in South Africa: Alusaf's Hillside Project
With prices at all-time lows at the beginning of 1994, South Africa's sole primary aluminum producer--Alusaf--is considering building the world's largest greenfield smelter. Using cost estimates in this case, students can evaluate the relative cost position of this...
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Keywords:
Metals and Minerals;
Analysis;
Markets;
Profit;
Capital;
Industrial Products Industry;
South Africa
Corts, Kenneth S. "Aluminum Smelting in South Africa: Alusaf's Hillside Project." Harvard Business School Case 799-130, April 1999. (Revised March 2002.)
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Saving the Steel Industry
Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) played a key role in helping to save the U.S. steel industry in the 1990s, writes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 4, 2007). Bloom spent five years at Lazard Freres before starting a firm that advised unions about buyouts and employee...
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- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Giving Back to Help The Next Generation
first several years post-HBS to make some riskier decisions.” After graduation and a year working at Boston Consulting Group, Sergio pursued her entrepreneurial interests as COO of a fitness-related startup. She later joined Amsted Industries, a specialized View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
pursued her entrepreneurial interests as COO of a fitness-related startup. She later joined Amsted Industries, a specialized metal components manufacturer in Chicago, where she is the company’s new-business sales manager. In gratitude for...
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- 1993
- Chapter
Minerals: Eroding Oligopolies
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Minerals: Eroding Oligopolies." In Beyond Free Trade: Firms, Governments, and Global Competition, edited by D. B. Yoffie, 335–84. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.
- Portrait Project
Kishan Madamala
that they had feelings and thoughts and personalities. Throwing away the lawn mower was like throwing away a family member. How could we do that? As I grew older, I learned that my metal friend had no consciousness. I became more...
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- November 2019
- Case
Chile: Unrest in the Copper Nation
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
For decades, Chile was heralded as South America’s pillar of stable economic growth. Chile was the world’s largest producer of copper and enjoyed a long period of over 30 years of world demand for its resources. In 2013, the commodity boom ended and was replaced by a...
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Keywords:
Copper Production;
Protests;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Metals and Minerals;
Production;
Price;
Mining Industry;
Chile
Alfaro, Laura, and Sarah Jeong. "Chile: Unrest in the Copper Nation." Harvard Business School Case 320-051, November 2019.
- winter 1980
- Article
Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining
By: James K. Sebenius and Mati Pal
Sebenius, James K., and Mati Pal. "Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining." Columbia Journal of World Business 15, no. 4 (winter 1980): 75–83.
- 1982
- Chapter
Deep Ocean Mineral Resources
- July 1975
- Article
Mineral Agreements in Developing Countries: Structures and Substance
By: Louis T Wells Jr and David Smith
Wells, Louis T., Jr, and David Smith. "Mineral Agreements in Developing Countries: Structures and Substance." American Journal of International Law 69, no. 3 (July 1975).
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
decisive, enduring advantages, therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat- and shipbuilding, and metal...
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- Portrait Project
Linda Li
It was the 2012 presidential campaign season. I had been knocking on doors of apartment units and mobile homes, on metal screens, wooden boards, cracked glass, and picket fences. Women and men, students and the elderly, English-speaking...
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- 1975
- Book
Negotiating Third World Mineral Agreements: Promises as Prologue
By: David N. Smith and L. T. Wells Jr.
Smith, David N., and L. T. Wells Jr. Negotiating Third World Mineral Agreements: Promises as Prologue. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1975. (Wells also wrote or was co-author of chapters 5, 7, 8, and 9.)
- 1978
- Book
Taxation and Mining: Non Fuel Minerals in Bolivia and Other Countries
By: L. T. Wells Jr., Malcolm Gillis and Meyer W. Bucovetsky
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Former Blackberry CEO Uncovers Historic Shipwreck
metres (80ft) down, the wreck is in perfect condition, with metal sheeting that reinforced the hull against sea ice clearly visible amid swaying kelp. A long, heavy rope line running through a hole in the ship’s deck suggests an anchor...
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- August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Molycorp: Morgan Brothers' Reverse Convertible Notes (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
In August 2011, Morgan Brothers Bank was issuing a $2.5 million reverse convertible note with payoffs linked to the price of Molycorp's common stock. These financially engineered securities were just one of many kinds of structured notes available in the retail market....
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Keywords:
Structured Products;
Reverse Convertible Notes;
Replication;
Option Pricing;
Bond Pricing;
Financial Engineering;
Valuation;
Metals and Minerals;
Debt Securities;
Finance;
Investment;
Mining Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada;
California
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Molycorp: Morgan Brothers' Reverse Convertible Notes (C)." Harvard Business School Case 215-002, August 2014. (Revised March 2015.)