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- October 1999 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
WingspanBank.com (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Daniel Galvin
The case describes the new product development process for WingspanBank.com, an Internet-only financial services "infomediary" created by a team from Bank One's First USA division. The creation of the bank is described from concept development to prelaunch decision... View Details
- 1999
- Chapter
The Pricing of US Catastrophe Reinsurance
By: K. Froot and P. O'Connell
- January 1999 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Shady Trail
By: Arthur I Segel
Holt Lunsford was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Lonestar Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Shady Trail Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. Shady Hill was a five-year-old,... View Details
- October 1998 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Preview Travel (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Nicole Tempest, Daniel H Case III and Robert Keller
Preview Travel was a leader in the online travel industry, having generated $80 million in bookings in 1997 and growing at a 34% compound annual growth rate per quarter. This case describes the evolution of Preview Travel's business plan and financing strategy and... View Details
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
Chase Manhattan Corporation: The Making of America's Largest Bank (TN)
By: Stuart C. Gilson
Teaching Note for (9-298-016). View Details
- April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Hambrecht & Quist
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Nicole Tempest
Hambrecht & Quist (H&Q), an investment bank headquartered in San Francisco, has a very unique culture relative to its Wall Street counterparts. Firm members and even competitors describe the culture as entrepreneurial, team-driven, non-bureaucratic, and... View Details
- February 1998
- Teaching Note
Sumiko Ito TN
By: David A. Thomas
Teaching Note for (9-493-011). View Details
- December 1997 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Shanghai Real Estate (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
An independent consultant from the United States must decide what to do when faced with his client's apparent violation of an agreement with a third party. The consultant is American, the client is a Chinese real estate developer, and the third party is a French... View Details
- August 1997 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In March 1995, YPF (the former Argentine state-owned oil and gas utility, privatized in late 1993) acquired the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corp., one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration companies. YPF's first acquisition is nearly bankrupt, with... 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 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Chase Manhattan Corporation: The Making of America's Largest Bank
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Cedric Escalle
Chase Bank and Chemical Bank intend to merge, producing the largest commercial bank in the United States, the fourth largest in the world. Projected financial benefits under the merger reflect significant planned reduction in operating costs, including 17,000 employee... View Details
- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A1)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original (A) case to give students an opportunity to suggest objectives and measures for the division's initial BSC, without... View Details
- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A2)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Second of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. This case describes the completed BSC, and how this was linked to the BSCs of the independent business units and the internal service... View Details
- June 1997
- Teaching Note
BancZero New Product Development TN
By: Marco Iansiti
Teaching Note for (9-697-044). View Details
- January 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Crisis at the Federal Reserve: Arthur Burns and the Stagflation of 1973-75
By: David A. Moss and Wyatt C. Wells
Briefly examines the history of the Federal Reserve System up through 1970 and then delves into how the central bank, under the leadership of Arthur F. Burns, responded to the "stagflation" of the early 1970s. It culminates with the Federal Reserve's response to the... View Details
- January 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Background Note
Note on Money and Monetary Policy
By: David A. Moss and Wyatt C. Wells
Offers a brief overview of economic thinking about the nature of money and about how the central bank can affect the economy through monetary policy. View Details
- November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
BancZero New Product Development
By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel
The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development... View Details
- March 1996
- Case
Telmex PRIDES
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Mark Seasholes
The case examines an issue by a Mexican development bank of PRIDES written on Telmex stock. PRIDES are a dividend-enhanced security which are exchangeable into shares of the underlying stock. The focus is on pricing these instruments, which involve large... View Details
- January 1996 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
First Community Bank (A)
First Community Bank, a bank-within-a-bank at Bank of Boston, was established in 1990 as a unique venture to serve urban communities. By 1995 it has achieved profitability but must manage relationships with the mainstream at Bank of Boston, serve as a change agent and... View Details
- December 1995
- Teaching Note
Millegan Creek Apartments, The TN
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-118). View Details