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- March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
- Case
Charles Schwab: Financial Advisors Service
- March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
- Case
New York Life Insurance Co.: Pension Department
By: Robert J. Dolan
Analyzes competition in the pension fund industry. In particular, New York Life must decide whether to compete head-to-head with mutual fund giants by offering record-keeping services or to just continue to focus on selling investment products. Presents the results of... View Details
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
Burlington Northern's decision whether to invest in ARES, an automated train control system, is a ($350 million) strategic investment in information technology. Although set in a service industry (railroad) the issues around this decision arise in many organizations... View Details
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development... View Details
- November 1990 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
L. William Seidman and the Resolution Trust Corp.
- October 1990 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Prudential-Bache and Thomson McKinnon (A)
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- October 1990 (Revised March 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Cable Television Regulation
Examines the evolution of the U.S. cable television industry since its inception in the early 1950s. Particular emphasis is given to the roles played by technology, consumer demand, and regulation at both the local and federal level. Designed to facilitate a conceptual... View Details
- October 1990 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- October 1990
- Article
Consequences of Leveraged Buyouts
- June 1990 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
H. Ross Perot
- January 1990 (Revised March 1994)
- Case
Royal Ahold NV
By: Richard F. Meyer
Contains a general description of a large international retailer. Focus is on the major financial risks facing the company: exchange rate risk and commodity price risk. This case is an introduction to financial risk management. It poses some of the major problem areas. View Details
- October 1989
- Case
PaineWebber: Institutional Equity Division
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- September 1989 (Revised December 1989)
- Background Note
Note on the Credit Bureau Industry and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and H. Jeff Smith
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- January 1989
- Case
Primerica Corp. (B)
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- September 1988 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
JMB Growth Fund XXV
Keywords: Financial Services Industry