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- September 1987 (Revised November 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Transaction and Translation Exposure
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Describes the transaction and translation exposures that companies doing business internationally face when foreign exchange rates change. Also discusses how to measure and cover both types of exposure. Covering techniques are demonstrated using examples of forward... View Details
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Note on Transaction and Translation Exposure." Harvard Business School Background Note 288-017, September 1987. (Revised November 1992.)
- April 1987
- Article
Testing in Models of Asymmetric Information
By: David S. Scharfstein and Barry Nalebuff
Scharfstein, David S., and Barry Nalebuff. "Testing in Models of Asymmetric Information." Review of Economic Studies (April 1987): 265–277.
- March 1987 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Understanding the U.S. Dollar in 1987
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Understanding the U.S. Dollar in 1987." Harvard Business School Case 287-077, March 1987. (Revised June 1991.)
- February 1987 (Revised September 1991)
- Background Note
Foreign Exchange Market, Background Note and Problem Set, The
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Discusses the background of the foreign exchange market. This includes information about the participants and how the market operates. The problem set verses students in the arithmetic in the many common foreign exchange problems such as calculating forward premium and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Foreign Exchange Market, Background Note and Problem Set, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 287-033, February 1987. (Revised September 1991.)
- February 1987 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Distillers Company plc (B)
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Distillers Company plc (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 287-065, February 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
- February 1987 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Distillers Company plc (C)
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Distillers Company plc (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 287-066, February 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
- February 1987 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Distillers Company plc (D)
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Distillers Company plc (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 287-067, February 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
- February 1987 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Distillers Company plc (E)
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Distillers Company plc (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 287-068, February 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
- January 1987 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Distillers Company plc (A)
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Distillers Company plc (A)." Harvard Business School Case 287-062, January 1987. (Revised December 1991.)
- January 1987 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing
By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen
Walt Disney is considering hedging future yen inflows from Disney Tokyo. It is evaluating techniques using FX Forwards, swaps, and Yen term borrowings. Goldman Sachs presents a rather unusual but potentially attractive solution: Disney could issue ECU Eurobonds and... View Details
Kester, W. Carl, and William B. Allen. "Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing." Harvard Business School Case 287-058, January 1987. (Revised September 1991.)
- January 1987 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
R.J. Reynolds International Financing
By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen
Reynolds must source a substantial portion of the financing of its Nabisco acquisition in offshore bond markets. Morgan Guaranty has proposed a yen/dollar dual currency Eurobond that could be hedged into dollars. This structure is compared to Eurodollar Bonds, Euroyen... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Capital Markets; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Bonds; Financing and Loans
Kester, W. Carl, and William B. Allen. "R.J. Reynolds International Financing." Harvard Business School Case 287-057, January 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
- October 27, 1986
- Article
Why Dollar Bashing Doesn't Work
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Finance
Luehrman, Timothy A., and W. Carl Kester. "Why Dollar Bashing Doesn't Work." Fortune (October 27, 1986), 137–138.
- August 1986 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Minebea Co. Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Kester, W. Carl. "Minebea Co. Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 287-022, August 1986. (Revised November 1991.)
- July 1986 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Nippon-WTI Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson
A Japanese joint venture between a U.S. parent and a Japanese parent has proposed that 100% of the U.S. parent's product be produced in Japan rather than the 40% currently being manufactured there. This would require the U.S. parent to give up a dollar profit earned on... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Product; Production; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Japan; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Glynn Ferguson. "Nippon-WTI Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 287-006, July 1986. (Revised July 1991.)
- July 1986
- Article
Inflation, Uncertainty and Investment
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and R. S. Ruback
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and R. S. Ruback. "Inflation, Uncertainty and Investment." Journal of Finance 41, no. 3 (July 1986): 657–668.
- May 1986
- Case
Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974, Software Case
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry
Kester, W. Carl. "Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974, Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 386-141, May 1986.
- March 1986
- Article
Calculating the Market Value of Riskless Cash Flows
By: R. S. Ruback
Ruback, R. S. "Calculating the Market Value of Riskless Cash Flows." Journal of Financial Economics 15, no. 3 (March 1986): 323–339.