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      • July 1987 (Revised October 2009)
      • Background Note

      A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method"

      By: William A. Sahlman and Daniel R Scherlis
      Describes a method for valuing high-risk, long-term investments such as those confronting venture capitalists. The method entails forecasting a future value (e.g., five years from the present) and discounting that terminal value back to the present by applying a high... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Risk Management; Valuation
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      Sahlman, William A., and Daniel R Scherlis. A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method". Harvard Business School Background Note 288-006, July 1987. (Revised October 2009.)
      • 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
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Bonds; Valuation; Tokyo
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      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
      • Article

      Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
      Keywords: Incentives; Commitment; Mechanism Design; Decision Making; Information
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem." Econometrica 55, no. 1 (January 1987): 69–94.
      • September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
      • Case

      Pressco, Inc.--1984

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations. View Details
      Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Valuation; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Taxation; Price; United States
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 287-025, September 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
      • April 1984
      • Exercise

      Present Value Investment Problems

      By: F. Warren McFarlan
      Keywords: Investment; Valuation
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      McFarlan, F. Warren. "Present Value Investment Problems." Harvard Business School Exercise 184-182, April 1984.
      • February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
      • Case

      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide

      By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
      Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Projects; Chemical Industry
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      Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
      • March 1982 (Revised June 1986)
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      Note on Diversification as a Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter and Malcolm S. Salter
      Presents a discussion of corporate diversification. Covers historical background, the concept of strategy for a diversified company, and concepts of value creation. View Details
      Keywords: Diversification; Strategy; Value Creation
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      Porter, Michael E., and Malcolm S. Salter. "Note on Diversification as a Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 382-129, March 1982. (Revised June 1986.)
      • September 1979
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      Calculating Net Present Values and Accumulations of Cash-Flow Streams

      By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.
      Keywords: Finance
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      Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Calculating Net Present Values and Accumulations of Cash-Flow Streams." Harvard Business School Background Note 180-026, September 1979.
      • February 1979
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      Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Examines the interrelationship between the maximization of the share value of a firm's common stock and the minimization of the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Presents a revised version of a case by J.W. Mullins, Jr. View Details
      Keywords: Capital Structure; Cost of Capital; Stock Shares; Core Relationships; Value
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 279-069, February 1979.
      • June 1975 (Revised September 2004)
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      Angus Cartwright III

      By: Kenneth J. Hatten, William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
      Judy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Balanced Scorecard; Valuation
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      Hatten, Kenneth J., William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel, and John H. Vogel, Jr. "Angus Cartwright III." Harvard Business School Case 375-376, June 1975. (Revised September 2004.)
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      Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms—(Executive Education)

      By: David B. Yoffie
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      Without exception, the most valuable companies in the world today are platforms. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many other firms have built their fortunes by facilitating innovation across global ecosystems or... View Details
      Keywords: Platforms; Technology; Strategy; Digital Business; Social Networks; Self-driving Cars; Mobile Gaming; Esports; Financial Services; Online Retail; Ride-sharing; Search; Auctions; United States; Asia; China; Europe
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      Customer-Centricity as a Vehicle for Organic Growth

      By: Ranjay Gulati
      This body of work examines the mechanics of how firms grow profitably in commoditizing markets. Underlying the "customer-centricity" that many firms embrace today is a factor that will determine their success with this effort: enabling collaboration across... View Details
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      Deals

      By: Kevin P. Mohan

      This advanced negotiation course includes both negotiation simulations and analysis of actual corporate deals. In the first part of the course, students will participate in complex negotiation simulations and debrief their results in class. In the second part of the... View Details

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      Gender Disparities in Compensation of Practicing Cardiothoracic Surgeons: Analyzing the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Compensation Survey

      By: Cherie P. Erkmen, Anastasiia K. Tompkins, Shanda Blackmon, Larry R. Kaiser, Susanna Gallani, Jennifer C. Romano, Thomas MacGillivray and Michael J. Mack
      BACKGROUND: Gender-based pay disparity in compensation is widespread. In cardiothoracic surgery, women earn between 71-84% of men’s salaries at comparable ranks. Limited data exist on how factors like subspecialty, practice type, and work efforts contribute to these... View Details
      Keywords: Gender; Compensation and Benefits; Equality and Inequality; Experience and Expertise; Health Industry
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      Erkmen, Cherie P., Anastasiia K. Tompkins, Shanda Blackmon, Larry R. Kaiser, Susanna Gallani, Jennifer C. Romano, Thomas MacGillivray, and Michael J. Mack. "Gender Disparities in Compensation of Practicing Cardiothoracic Surgeons: Analyzing the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Compensation Survey." Annals of Thoracic Surgery (in press). (Pre-published online June 19, 2025.)
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      Marketing and Advertising and Society

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      Stephen A. Greyser is continuing to write on and conduct research into the role of marketing and advertising in society. He analyzed in 'Marketing and Public Policy' the evolution of legal and consumer-based issues over recent decades and, for a Stanford University... View Details
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      On the Political Economy of Stabilization Programs

      By: Laura Alfaro
      This paper provides a political economy explanation for temporary exchange-rate-based stabilization programs by focusing on the distributional effects of real exchange-rate appreciation. I propose an economy in which agents are endowed with either tradable or... View Details
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      Renovating Democratic Capitalism

      By: Malcolm S. Salter

      This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details

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