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- January 2007
- Exercise
Multifactor Models
By: Malcolm P. Baker
Students evaluate the performance of four mutual funds and compute the cost of capital for two companies using fixed benchmarks, the CAPM, and a multifactor model of returns. View Details
Keywords: Cost of Capital; Performance Evaluation; Business Model; Investment Funds; Investment Return; Motivation and Incentives; Markets
Baker, Malcolm P. "Multifactor Models." Harvard Business School Exercise 207-056, January 2007.
- January 2007
- Supplement
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (D)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 207-087, January 2007.
- January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (B)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz, and John Dean Shepherd. "Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 207-018, January 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- January 2007
- Teaching Note
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Arthur I Segel
- January 2007
- Teaching Note
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa (TN)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Arthur I Segel
- January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd
Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of... View Details
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz, and John Dean Shepherd. "Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-017, January 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets
By: Pol Antras, Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Antras, Pol, Mihir A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley. "Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 12855, January 2007.
- 2007
- Chapter
Patrimonio Hoy: A Groundbreaking Corporate Program to Alleviate Mexico's Housing Crisis
By: Arthur I Segel
Segel, Arthur I. "Patrimonio Hoy: A Groundbreaking Corporate Program to Alleviate Mexico's Housing Crisis." Chap. 14 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton, 155–166. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- Article
The Effect of Dividends on Consumption
By: Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel and Jeffrey Wurgler
Classical models predict that the division of stock returns into dividends and capital appreciation does not affect investor consumption patterns, while mental accounting and other economic frictions predict that investors have a higher propensity to consume from... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Investment Return; Economics; Stocks; Capital; Business Earnings; Investment Portfolio; Investment Funds; Cost; Saving
Baker, Malcolm, Stefan Nagel, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "The Effect of Dividends on Consumption." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1 (2007): 277–291.
- December 2006 (Revised April 2009)
- Teaching Note
Restructuring Navigator Gar Plc (TN)
By: C. Fritz Foley
Keywords: Restructuring
- December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Restructuring Navigator Gas Transport Plc
By: C. Fritz Foley
How should creditors pursue their claims in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy? David Butters, Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, negotiates a restructuring of Navigator Gas Transport, a shipping company that is headquartered in Switzerland, incorporated in the Isle of... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Complexity; Capital Structure; Restructuring; International Finance; Law; Ship Transportation; Shipping Industry; Switzerland; Isle of Man
Foley, C. Fritz. "Restructuring Navigator Gas Transport Plc." Harvard Business School Case 207-092, December 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- December 2006 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Project Finance Acronyms
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Contains two parts: Part I contains a list of more than 500 acronyms for official institutions and other project finance terms; Part II contains a description of various interest and debt coverage ratios used in the field of project finance. View Details
Esty, Benjamin C. "Project Finance Acronyms." Harvard Business School Background Note 207-086, December 2006. (Revised May 2009.)
- 2006
- Chapter
Developments in Asset Allocation Modeling
By: Luis M. Viceira
Viceira, Luis M. "Developments in Asset Allocation Modeling." In Global Perspectives on Investment Management: Learning from the Leaders, edited by Rodney N. Sullivan, 145–157. CFA Institute, 2006.
- 2006
- Chapter
Taxation and the Evolution of Aggregate Corporate Ownership Concentration
By: Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala and Winnie Fung
Desai, Mihir A., Dhammika Dharmapala, and Winnie Fung. "Taxation and the Evolution of Aggregate Corporate Ownership Concentration." In Taxing Corporate Income in the 21st Century, edited by Alan Auerbach, James R. Hines Jr., and Joel Slemrod. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- 2006
- Chapter
The Comovement of Returns and Investment within International Firms
By: Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley
Desai, Mihir A., and C. Fritz Foley. "The Comovement of Returns and Investment within International Firms." In NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, edited by Richard H. Clarida, Jeffrey A. Frankel, Francesco Giavazzi, and Kenneth D. West, 197–230. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006.
- November 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel and Nelson Hioe
In March 2006, Larry English, Director of Program Design and Innovation for Habitat for Humanity International Africa and the Middle East, was reflecting on a large development project in Durbin that had stalled. Notwithstanding global attention led by former President... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Innovation Strategy; Emerging Markets; Social Entrepreneurship; Poverty; Property; Projects; South Africa; Middle East
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, and Nelson Hioe. "Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 207-016, November 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- November 2006 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Kerr-McGee
By: Robin Greenwood and André Perold
Activist investors Carl Icahn and Barry Rosenstein acquire a stake in Oklahoma-based company Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Restructuring; Equity; Investment; Management; Governance Controls; Corporate Strategy; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Greenwood, Robin, and André Perold. "Kerr-McGee." Harvard Business School Case 207-020, November 2006. (Revised July 2021.)
- November 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Chongqing Tiandi
By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, Joshua A. Katzin, Nadeem Meghji and Cindy Yan
In late 2000, Vincent Lo, a prominent Hong Kong developer was invited by the Deputy Mayor of Chongqing, China to undertake a major redevelopment of the urban core. Lo had previously successfully developed the landmark Xintiandi retail and entertainment district in... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Chongqing (municipality, China); Hong Kong
Segel, Arthur I., Nicolas P. Retsinas, Joshua A. Katzin, Nadeem Meghji, and Cindy Yan. "Chongqing Tiandi." Harvard Business School Case 207-019, November 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- November 2006 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
HCA, Inc. (A)
Focuses on the buyout of HCA by three private equity firms: Bain Capital, KKR, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. It provides an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues related to leveraged buyouts including the process, the role of private equity, the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Investment; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Valuation
Ruback, Richard S. "HCA, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-076, November 2006. (Revised December 2011.)