Publications

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.... View Details

Keywords: Structured Products; Reverse Convertible Notes; Replication; Option Pricing; Bond Pricing; Financial Engineering; Valuation; Metals and Minerals; Debt Securities; Finance; Investment; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Canada; California

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Swiss Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This study examines how influential institutional leaders in the Swiss watch industry responded to its precipitous decline after the introduction of quartz technology.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

describes the growth of Guggenheim Brothers as one of the largest mining companies in the world in the early twentieth century. Global expansion led the firm to Chile, first in copper and later in natural nitrates. Chile's economic growth... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

To answer one of the oldest business quandaries—is it better to partner or go solo on a project—John Beshears looked for answers in an unusual place: the oil and gas drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico. But instead of View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

April 1995
Teaching Note

MW Petroleum Corporation (A) (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Teaching Note for (9-295-029). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry

January 1981 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Alcoa of Australia Ltd.

By: Dwight B. Crane and Samuel L. Hayes III

Keywords: Mining Industry; Australia

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March 1978 (Revised June 1983)
Case

Kennecott Copper Corp.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Involves a $550 million cash tender offer by Kennecott Copper Corp. for all of the outstanding common shares of the Carborundum Corp. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cash; Mining Industry

July 2011
Case

Barrick Gold: Implementing a Transition to IFRS

By: David F. Hawkins and Angel R. Solis

Barrick Gold must change from Canadian – GAAP to IFRS. Case covers the transition. View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Transition; Mining Industry; Canada

June 2009
Teaching Note

Curled Metal Inc. - Engineered Products Division (TN)

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Teaching Note for [709434]. View Details

Keywords: Sales; Product Development; Customers; Business Divisions; Price; Business Strategy; Cost; Production; Mining Industry

December 1996 (Revised January 1997)
Case

Brent Spar Incident, The: "A Shell of a Mess"

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein

Seeking to dispose of an outmoded oil drilling platform in the North Sea, Shell finds itself confronted by Greenpeace and other environmentalists. The protesters land 12 people onto the rig and initiate media coverage of their "occupation." The case follows the events... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Media; Social Issues; Mining Industry; United Kingdom

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

be non-American. Andy Grove, a survivor of the Holocaust, would not have wanted to come to a country that didn’t welcome immigrants. Moreover, it is no wonder that Silicon Valley is up in arms over this policy. Our most dynamic industry... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

decade has seen the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fall of communism in Russia, the opening of major mines in Canada, and the emergence of a worldwide movement against so-called "blood" or "conflict" diamonds.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 1997
Teaching Note

Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird

Teaching Note for (9-697-020). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Mining Industry

February 2011 (Revised July 2011)
Supplement

Caterpillar, Inc. (C)

By: David F. Hawkins

IASB proposes new defined benefit plan accounting standard. View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Governance; Compensation and Benefits; Standards; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry