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    Case Problems in Finance

    The leading volume of finance cases used worldwide, Case Problems in Finance presents real business situations that pose debatable alternative courses of action. The cases contain problems that can be narrowed but not always settled by the usual techniques... View Details

    • 17 May 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Faisal Z. Ahmed
    • August 2020
    • Article

    Leverage and the Beta Anomaly

    By: Malcolm Baker, Mathias F. Hoeyer and Jeffrey Wurgler
    The well-known weak empirical relationship between beta risk and the cost of equity—the beta anomaly—generates a simple tradeoff theory: As firms lever up, the overall cost of capital falls as leverage increases equity beta, but as debt becomes riskier the marginal... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Anomaly; Leverage; Capital Structure; Risk and Uncertainty
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    Baker, Malcolm, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Leverage and the Beta Anomaly." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 55, no. 5 (August 2020): 1491–1514.

      Daniel W. Green

      Daniel Green is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit. He teaches the Finance II course to MBA students.

      Professor Green’s research focuses on corporate finance, capital markets, and financial intermediation.  His current... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; banking; private equity (LBO funds); investment banking industry
      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased

      By: Richard S. Ruback
      This paper focuses adaptations to the discount cash flow (DCF) method when valuing forecasted cash flows that are biased measures of expected cash flows. I imagine a simple setting where the expected cash flows equal the forecasted cash flows plus an omitted downside.... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Performance Expectations; Prejudice and Bias; Valuation
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      Ruback, Richard S. "Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-036, October 2010.
      • April 1975 (Revised November 1984)
      • Case

      Enzone Petroleum Corp.

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A large integrated oil company is debating whether to switch from a single hurdle rate to multiple hurdle rates for project analysis purposes. Raises questions on: 1) determination of the cost of equity; 2) the usefulness of multiple hurdle rates to adjust for project... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Cost; Investment Return; Equity; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry
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      Piper, Thomas R. "Enzone Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Case 275-113, April 1975. (Revised November 1984.)
      • November 1988 (Revised September 1991)
      • Case

      Simmons Japan Ltd.

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      Concerns the first leveraged buyout to occur in Japan. Analytic tasks include a valuation of the company and an assessment of its debt capacity. Also provides opportunities to discuss agency costs associated with alternative capital and equity ownership structures,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Cost; Equity; Production; Valuation; Japan; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Simmons Japan Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 289-001, November 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
      • 09 Jun 2010
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      Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure

      Keywords: by Sergey Chernenko, C. Fritz Foley & Robin Greenwood
      • 30 Sep 2019
      • News

      WeWork Needs Cash as Botched IPO Scuttles Planned Infusion

      • 22 Aug 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Sustainability and Green Business in Latin America During Globalization Waves

      Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      What Do Development Banks Do? Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2009

      By: Sergio G. Lazzarini, Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello and Rosilene Marcon
      While some authors view development banks as an important tool to alleviate capital constraints in scarce credit markets and unlock productive investments, others see those banks as conduits of cheap loans to politically connected firms that could obtain capital... View Details
      Keywords: Cost of Capital; Credit; Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Investment; Government and Politics; Data and Data Sets; Resource Allocation; Markets; Performance; Banking Industry; Brazil
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      Lazzarini, Sergio G., Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello, and Rosilene Marcon. "What Do Development Banks Do? Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2009." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-047, December 2011.
      • January 2009 (Revised October 2012)
      • Case

      Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT'

      By: Willy Shih
      Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is executing a strategy that leverages the desires of municipalities in China to build clusters of high technology companies. By partnering with those cities to build new semiconductor fabs that SMIC would... View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Business and Community Relations; Semiconductor Industry; China
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      Shih, Willy. "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation: 'Reverse BOT'." Harvard Business School Case 609-062, January 2009. (Revised October 2012.)
      • January 1993 (Revised October 1994)
      • Background Note

      Note on Adjusted Present Value

      By: Timothy A. Luehrman
      Describes the "adjusted present value" (APV) approach to discounted cash flow analysis. Much of the note is devoted to a critical comparison of APV and an approach based on the wrighted average cost of capital (WACC). Argues that APV is usually, if not always, simpler,... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Cost of Capital
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      Luehrman, Timothy A. "Note on Adjusted Present Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 293-092, January 1993. (Revised October 1994.)
      • 01 Jun 2012
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      How a Short-Term Strategy Can Backfire

      • March 2001 (Revised November 2001)
      • Case

      Merrill Lynch HOLDRS

      By: Andre F. Perold and Simon E. Brown
      Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and HOLDRS (Holding Company Depositary Receipts) represent recent and highly successful capital market innovations. HOLDRS closely approximates a buy-and-hold strategy, and Merrill Lynch believes the product has significantly lower taxes... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Markets; Cost; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; Product; Success; Expansion
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      Perold, Andre F., and Simon E. Brown. "Merrill Lynch HOLDRS." Harvard Business School Case 201-059, March 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
      • September 1991
      • Case

      All American Pipeline

      By: Timothy A. Luehrman
      Goodyear is nearing its first major capital commitments for the largest investment project in its history, the All American Pipeline. The pipeline will transport heavy crude oil from California to Texas. It is the centerpiece of a major program by Goodyear to diversify... View Details
      Keywords: Capital; Financial Strategy; Business Startups; Diversification; Valuation; Standards; Supply Chain; Resource Allocation; Cash Flow; Mining Industry; California; Texas
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      Luehrman, Timothy A. "All American Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case 292-040, September 1991.
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      Overview

      By: Charles C.Y. Wang
      In the area of equity valuation, Professor Wang explores how firm fundamentals and valuation models can be used to understand expected return variation, with a focus on valuation-implied cost of capital and its use as a proxy for expected returns. In his study of... View Details
      • 2015
      • Article

      International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance

      By: C. Fritz Foley and Kalina Manova
      An emerging new literature brings unique ideas from corporate finance to the study of international trade and investment. Insights about differences in the development of financial institutions across countries, the role of financial constraints, and the use of... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Investment; Trade; Corporate Finance
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      Foley, C. Fritz, and Kalina Manova. "International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance." Annual Review of Economics 7 (2015): 119–146.
      • August 2009
      • Supplement

      The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (CW)

      By: Willy C. Shih
      When L.C. Tu receives an emergency order, he is confronted with a range of production scheduling choices, each of which has unique costs and trade-offs. The case was designed to help students understand job-shop style production and the impact of disruptions and... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Disruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Cost; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Network Effects; Production; Hardware; Manufacturing Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan
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      Shih, Willy C. "The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 610-702, August 2009.
      • 01 Sep 2017
      • News

      States Focus On Middle-Skills Jobs Gap

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