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      • March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
      • Case

      Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction

      By: Dwight B. Crane
      Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to... View Details
      Keywords: Debt Securities; Managerial Roles; Ethics; Market Transactions; Bonds; Investment Banking; Crisis Management; Auctions; Legal Liability; Banking Industry
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      Crane, Dwight B. "Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction." Harvard Business School Case 292-114, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
      • February 1992 (Revised March 1993)
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      Intel Corp.--1992

      By: Kenneth A. Froot
      Intel Corp., the world's dominant designer and manufacturer of microprocessors (the "brains" of the personal computer), has accumulated a large amount of cash (net of debt). Furthermore, it expects to continue to accumulate cash at an unprecedented rate. Has the... View Details
      Keywords: Dividends; Financial Management; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Cash; Technological Innovation; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Equity; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Semiconductor Industry; United States
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      Froot, Kenneth A. "Intel Corp.--1992." Harvard Business School Case 292-106, February 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
      • June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
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      Lithonia Lighting

      By: Nitin Nohria
      In early 1991, Lithonia, the U.S.'s largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures, faced a major slump in the construction business that threatened to cause its first decline in revenues after over a decade of strong growth. With financial pressures from its parent company... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Industry Growth; Decision Making; Information Technology; Financial Crisis; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Electronics Industry; United States
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Lithonia Lighting." Harvard Business School Case 492-003, June 1991. (Revised May 1992.)
      • May 1991 (Revised December 1994)
      • Case

      State of Connecticut Municipal Swap

      By: Andre F. Perold
      The state of Connecticut wants to raise $325 million of long-term fixed-rate debt. One alternative is to do this synthetically--issue long-term variable rate debt and enter into an interest rate swap. The case is a vehicle for analyzing various floating rate structures... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Interest Rates; Taxation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; New England
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      Perold, Andre F. "State of Connecticut Municipal Swap." Harvard Business School Case 291-024, May 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
      • July 1990
      • Background Note

      Perceptual Mapping: A Manager's Guide

      By: Robert J. Dolan
      Describes the perceptual mapping technique in a non-technical fashion. The procedure is useful for the depiction of the structure of the market. Discusses alternative methods, presents examples of each, and shows how the maps can be used in marketing decision making. View Details
      Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Industry Structures; Marketing
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      Dolan, Robert J. "Perceptual Mapping: A Manager's Guide." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-121, July 1990.
      • 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.)
      • August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
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      IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Investment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
      • 1987
      • Working Paper

      Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets

      By: K. A. Froot
      Simple regression tests that have power against the alternatives that asset prices and expected future asset returns are excessively volatile are developed and performed for the foreign exchange and stock markets. These tests have a number of advantages over... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Aversion; Risk; International Investing; International Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Investment; Behavioral Finance; Volatility
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      Froot, K. A. "Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 2362, August 1987.
      • August 1986
      • Case

      Selected Investment Alternatives

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Selected Investment Alternatives." Harvard Business School Case 287-010, August 1986.
      • 1986
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      Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions

      By: Dutch Leonard
      Keywords: Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Borrowing and Debt; Sovereign Finance; National Security
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      Leonard, Dutch. "Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions." In Public Sector Payrolls, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
      • January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
      • Case

      Lotus Development Corp.

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Corporate Finance; Planning; Computer Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Lotus Development Corp." Harvard Business School Case 285-094, January 1985. (Revised February 1997.)
      • February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
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      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.)
      • January 1982
      • Article

      The Returns and Risk of Alternative Put Option Portfolio Investment Strategies

      By: Robert C. Merton, Myron S. Scholes and Matthew L. Gladstein
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Strategy
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      Merton, Robert C., Myron S. Scholes, and Matthew L. Gladstein. "The Returns and Risk of Alternative Put Option Portfolio Investment Strategies." Journal of Business 55 (January 1982): 183–242.
      • 1981
      • Working Paper

      Competitive Structure in Investment Banking

      By: S. L. Hayes III, Michael A. Spence and David van P. Marks
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      Hayes, S. L., III, Michael A. Spence, and David van P. Marks. "Competitive Structure in Investment Banking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 82-66, September 1981.
      • July 1979 (Revised August 2019)
      • Background Note

      Note on Taxation

      By: William J. Poorvu, Arthur I Segel, Glenn S. Miller, Michael D. Kummer, Charles F. Wu, Po Sit and Joseph M. Gerstel
      Every real-estate transaction is affected by the tax consequences that result from its form and substance. Structuring a transaction without a thorough understanding of its tax considerations is likely to reduce the transaction's potential value. The failure to utilize... View Details
      Keywords: Property; Taxation; Investment
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      Poorvu, William J., Arthur I Segel, Glenn S. Miller, Michael D. Kummer, Charles F. Wu, Po Sit, and Joseph M. Gerstel. "Note on Taxation." Harvard Business School Background Note 379-192, July 1979. (Revised August 2019.)
      • April 1978
      • Article

      The Returns and Risk of Alternative Call Option Portfolio Investment Strategies

      By: Robert C. Merton, Myron S. Scholes and Matthew L. Gladstein
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Strategy
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      Merton, Robert C., Myron S. Scholes, and Matthew L. Gladstein. "The Returns and Risk of Alternative Call Option Portfolio Investment Strategies." Journal of Business 51 (April 1978): 183–242.
      • 1978
      • Article

      Sequential Structure of Futures Markets and the Value of Improving Information: An Example

      By: Jerry R. Green
      In an example, the value of improving information is computed under alternative structures for the timing of futures markets. It is always beneficial if futures markets are active both before and after the information is revealed. View Details
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      Green, Jerry R. "Sequential Structure of Futures Markets and the Value of Improving Information: An Example." Economics Letters 1, no. 1 (1978): 29–32.
      • June 1977 (Revised September 1992)
      • Case

      Sorenson Research Co. (Abridged)

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright
      Presents the issues facing a high volume, high margin (but lightweight) medical products business. The company is trying to improve its inventory control to reduce inventory investment and improve service. The present multi-site inventory system is described and major... View Details
      Keywords: Business Earnings; Investment; Volume; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Performance Improvement; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Wheelwright, Steven C. "Sorenson Research Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 677-257, June 1977. (Revised September 1992.)
      • January 1977
      • Case

      MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)

      By: Thomas R. Piper
      A large diversified company must develop a strategy for a division whose performance has deteriorated due to its aging product. Alternatives range from liquidation to a major investment in a new product. The formal capital budgeting system is compared with the informal... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Capital Budgeting
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      Piper, Thomas R. "MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)." Harvard Business School Case 277-123, January 1977.
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      On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws

      By: Jerry R. Green
      We consider the control of tvo-party accidents through the use of liability rules that assign damages according to whether or not predetermined standards for care have been met. Particular emphasis is given to how the differential in the costs of accident avoidance... View Details
      Keywords: Legal Liability; Law
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      Green, Jerry R. "On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws." Bell Journal of Economics 7, no. 2 (Fall 1976): 553–574.
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