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- November 1991 (Revised April 2002)
- Background Note
Note on Foreign Currency Swaps
By: W. Carl Kester
Provides descriptive background about the development of an international market for currency swaps and, by means of a detailed example, instructs readers in the determination of swap flows and all-in costs of financing using market swap rates. A rewritten version of... View Details
Keywords: Currency
- November 1991
- Article
The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
- October 1991 (Revised December 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Corporate Governance Systems: The United States, Japan, and Germany
By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
Describes and compares the corporate governance systems commonly found in the United States, Japan, and Germany. View Details
- 27 Sep 1991 - 28 Sep 1991
- Lecture
Takeover Bids and the Relative Prices of Shares that Differ in their Voting Rights
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Stock Shares
- summer 1991
- Article
Japanese Corporate Governance and the Conservation of Value in Financial Distress
By: W. C. Kester
- July 1991
- Case
Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Provides numerical data and alternative explanations concerning the U.S. dollar's rise and subsequent fall in value from 1981 through 1987. Students are challenged to study the evidence and make their own inferences concerning the dollar's movements and the degree of... View Details
- June 1991
- Case
Continental Carriers, Inc.
By: W. Carl Kester
A U.S. trucking company is considering using debt for the first time to acquire another company. The directors of the company are divided in their opinion of the likely impact of leverage on Continental Carriers' performance. Their differences must be reconciled and a... View Details
- April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
- Case
Koito Manufacturing Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term... View Details
- June 1990 (Revised March 1993)
- Teaching Note
Montedison, S.p.A.--1983, Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
- June 1990 (Revised February 1993)
- Teaching Note
Elders IXL Ltd.--1986, Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
- 16 Jun 1990
- Lecture
Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Co., Inc
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Chemical Industry
- June 1990 (Revised April 1993)
- Teaching Note
Novo Industri A/S--1981, Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-286-084). View Details
- May 1990 (Revised February 1993)
- Teaching Note
Distillers Company plc (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry