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- January 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
NSK Software Technologies Ltd.
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
Discusses the efforts of three Israeli software engineers' efforts to bring a network security software product to market. The firm needs an investment to complete programming and start marketing. View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; Israel
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky. "NSK Software Technologies Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 298-071, January 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- January 1998
- Article
Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach
By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., and J. Stein. "Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach." Journal of Financial Economics 47, no. 1 (January 1998): 55–82. (Winner of Journal of Financial Economics. Jensen Prize. First Place For the best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the areas of corporate finance and organizations. Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 5403, January 1996 and HBS Working Paper 96-030, December 1995.)
- December 1997 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Citibank: Performance Evaluation
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Citibank has introduced a new, comprehensive performance-scorecard system. A regional president struggles with a tough decision: how to evaluate an outstanding branch manager who has scored poorly on an important customer satisfaction measure. This case provides a... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Balanced Scorecard; Business Strategy; Customer Satisfaction; Performance Expectations; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Quality; Banking Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Citibank: Performance Evaluation." Harvard Business School Case 198-048, December 1997. (Revised October 1999.)
- December 1997 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office: November 1997
By: Josh Lerner
David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University, reviews the $6 billion endowment strategy, which places an unusually heavy emphasis on private equity and other illiquid securities. Changing market conditions in November 1997 cause him to rethink... View Details
Keywords: Change; Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Education Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: November 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-077, December 1997. (Revised September 1998.)
- November 1997
- Case
Rabobank Group, The: The Global Food and Agribusiness Bank
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Rabobank Group, The: The Global Food and Agribusiness Bank." Harvard Business School Case 598-044, November 1997.
- November 1997 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Cinemex
By: James L. Heskett
The founders of Cinemex, the largest capitalized venture start-up in Mexican history, are debating several issues concerning the operations of their new chain of motion picture theatres in Mexico City. The first concerns whether some seats should be left unsold to... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Service Operations; Debates; Venture Capital; Customer Satisfaction; Advertising; Investment; Theater Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Mexico City
Heskett, James L. "Cinemex." Harvard Business School Case 898-108, November 1997. (Revised December 1999.)
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
Co-operative Bank, The TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-195-196). View Details
Keywords: Banking Industry
- November 1997
- Teaching Note
Rabobank Nederland TN
By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for (9-196-119). View Details
- October 1997 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
C-Car
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
C-Car was the first automobile retailer in the United States to go public. Subsequently the owner, Mr. Gilliland, must decide how to invest the capital raised from the public ownership. This case describes in detail C-Car's highly profitable strategy of managing its... View Details
- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Komatsu Ltd.: Project G's Globalization
This case describes the major strategic and organizational transformation at Komatsu aimed at changing it from a Japan-based producer of construction equipment to a truly global company with the ability to leverage its groupwide portfolio of resources and capabilities... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Construction; Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Global Strategy; Leadership; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Expansion; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Komatsu Ltd.: Project G's Globalization." Harvard Business School Case 398-016, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
French Pension System, The: On the Verge of Retirement?
By: David A. Moss, Anne Dias and Bertrand O. Stephann
Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers. Like almost every other industrialized country, France has a large pay-as-you-go public pension system that... View Details
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)
By: W. Earl Sasser and Josep Valor
Acting on his vision to make the World Bank a knowledge institution, bank President Wolfensohn announces the creation of an Information and Knowledge Management Council and an Information Solutions Group, headed by a newly nominated CEO, Mohamed Muhsin. This case... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Management Teams; Information Management; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, and Josep Valor. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-054, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- September 1997 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Adelphia Communications Corporation
By: Paul M. Healy
A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster. View Details
Keywords: Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Decision Choices and Conditions; Contracts; Telecommunications Industry
Healy, Paul M. "Adelphia Communications Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 198-031, September 1997. (Revised March 2000.)
- September 1997
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)
By: W. Earl Sasser, Josep Valor and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Information Technology Services Director Mohamed Muhsin planned to restructure the World Bank's information technology in response to President Jim Wolfensohn's call to build a knowledge bank. Several reorganization efforts taken by the bank in the 1980s led to a... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Information; Knowledge Management; Mission and Purpose; Technology; Public Administration Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, Josep Valor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-053, September 1997.
- August 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
GMIMCo Venture Capital: September 1996
By: Josh Lerner, Peter Wendell and Catherine M. Conneely
Kathryn Stokel must choose between three venture capital groups (if any) in which to invest the pension fund of General Motors Corp. Each has distinct strengths and weaknesses. View Details
- August 1997
- Case
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1997, The
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven, Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Uyterhoeven, Hugo, Michael Y. Yoshino, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1997, The." Harvard Business School Case 398-032, August 1997.
- 1997
- Chapter
The Deutsche Bank
By: David A. Moss
Moss, David A. "The Deutsche Bank." In Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries Triumphed in Three Industrial Revolutions, edited by Thomas K. McCraw. Harvard University Press, 1997.
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
Jupiter Management Company, Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-292-107). View Details
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
U.S. Bank of Washington (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-292-057). View Details
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-295-096). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry