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      • July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
      • Case

      Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
      Preston Resources, a small Australian gold mining company, bought the Bulong nickel mine for A$319 million in November 1998 and financed the acquisition by issuing a US$185 million (A$294 million) project bond. At the time, mining had been underway for several months,... View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Projects; Restructuring; Bonds; Borrowing and Debt; Business Startups; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Valuation; Mining Industry; Australia
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt." Harvard Business School Case 203-027, July 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
      • June 2002 (Revised April 2003)
      • Teaching Note

      CMR Enterprises TN

      By: Das Narayandas
      Teaching Note for (9-501-012). View Details
      Keywords: Construction Industry
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      Narayandas, Das. "CMR Enterprises TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 502-070, June 2002. (Revised April 2003.)
      • May 2002 (Revised August 2006)
      • Case

      Yangcheng: AES in China

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      AES, an American electric power company with 141 plants worldwide, is just completing construction of a 2,100-MW plant in China--the largest ever. The project, a joint venture with five local companies, has several environmental, ownership, and operational issues as... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Generation; Joint Ventures; Foreign Direct Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Energy Industry; China
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "Yangcheng: AES in China." Harvard Business School Case 702-006, May 2002. (Revised August 2006.)
      • March 2002 (Revised June 2003)
      • Case

      MAC Development Corporation

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Colleen McCaffrey
      Deals with MAC Development's efforts to develop a 41-acre site near Chicago. Reviews two years of efforts and highlights the remaining issues of: 1) gaining town approval for development and tax reductions, 2) meeting the bank's debt covenants, including finding a... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Taxation; Financial Instruments; Borrowing and Debt; Asset Pricing; Construction Industry; Chicago
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Colleen McCaffrey. "MAC Development Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-140, March 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
      • December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Poland's A2 Motorway

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
      Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Projects; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Poland
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Poland's A2 Motorway." Harvard Business School Case 202-030, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
      • December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
      PPL Corp., an electric utility in Pennsylvania, needs to finance $1 billion of peaking plants as part of its new growth strategy. In February 2001, Steve May, director of finance for PPL's Global Division, is responsible for recommending a finance plan. After... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Instruments; Project Finance; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Leasing
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Carrie Ferman. "Financing PPL Corporation's Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 202-045, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
      • December 2001
      • Case

      Qwest Communications International Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christopher Hackett
      Describes the evolution of Qwest from a small fiber-optic construction firm in 1996 to a global telecommunications giant in 2001. Focuses on Qwest's pivotal acquisition of "Baby Bell" US West, a regional Bell operating company many times Qwest's size. Discusses the... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Asset Pricing; Business History; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Telecommunications Industry
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Christopher Hackett. "Qwest Communications International Inc." Harvard Business School Case 802-133, December 2001.
      • October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
      • Background Note

      Implicit Predictors of Consumer Behavior

      By: Gerald Zaltman, Nancy Puccinelli, Kathryn A. Braun and Fred W Mast PHD
      An important distinction is drawn in psychology between explicit and implicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge refers to consciously held beliefs about an individual or object that often draws on the remembering of experiences in the past. In contrast, implicit knowledge... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Values and Beliefs; Knowledge Sharing; Consumer Behavior; Opportunities; Cognition and Thinking
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      Zaltman, Gerald, Nancy Puccinelli, Kathryn A. Braun, and Fred W Mast PHD. "Implicit Predictors of Consumer Behavior." Harvard Business School Background Note 502-043, October 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
      • August 2001 (Revised March 2016)
      • Case

      Doral Costa

      By: William J. Poorvu, John H. Vogel Jr., Arthur I. Segel and Amy Silverstein
      Doral Costa is a proposed 277,803 square foot Class A office park development in Miami, FL. Trammell Crow Co. would like to develop this office park in joint venture with a partner. Samantha Spar, the acquisitions partner at Titan Associates, a large real estate... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Joint Ventures; Acquisition; Investment; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Fair Value Accounting; Construction; Property; Real Estate Industry; Consulting Industry; Miami
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      Poorvu, William J., John H. Vogel Jr., Arthur I. Segel, and Amy Silverstein. "Doral Costa." Harvard Business School Case 802-023, August 2001. (Revised March 2016.)
      • July 2001
      • Exercise

      Working with Your "Shadow Partner": Building a High Tech Investment Portfolio

      By: Dwight B. Crane and Richard L. Nolan
      Team-based exercise designed to illustrate the use of the Internet directly by executives. Requires going on the Internet to search for information required to construct a high-tech investment portfolio. View Details
      Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Groups and Teams; Internet and the Web; Information Management
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      Crane, Dwight B., and Richard L. Nolan. Working with Your "Shadow Partner": Building a High Tech Investment Portfolio. Harvard Business School Exercise 302-029, July 2001.
      • June 2001 (Revised February 2005)
      • Background Note

      Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      Traces the creative destruction of industrial age management principles and creative construction of new management principles more appropriate for the information age. Includes self-administered questionnaire to permit managers to assess the status of the... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Disruptive Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Personal Development and Career; System; Information Technology
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      Nolan, Richard L. "Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles." Harvard Business School Background Note 301-153, June 2001. (Revised February 2005.)
      • May 2001 (Revised February 2005)
      • Case

      KONE: The MonoSpace Launch in Germany

      By: Das Narayandas and Gordon Swartz
      Focuses on the launch of a new elevator product in Germany. In 1996, global construction slumps and low differentiation among competitive offerings has led to significant price competition and margin erosion in the elevator industry. In these circumstances, KONE, one... View Details
      Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Product Launch; Product Development; Construction Industry; Germany
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      Narayandas, Das, and Gordon Swartz. "KONE: The MonoSpace Launch in Germany." Harvard Business School Case 501-070, May 2001. (Revised February 2005.)
      • March 2001 (Revised February 2004)
      • Case

      Power to the States: "Fiscal Wars" for FDI in Brazil

      By: Laura Alfaro, Yasheng Huang and Marios S. Kalochoritis
      On January 6, 1999, Itamar Franco, the governor of the state of Minas Gerais, the second-largest state in Brazil, declared a 90-day moratorium on its debt payment to the federal government. The announcement triggered a run on the Brazilian currency, the Real, and... View Details
      Keywords: International Relations; Investment; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Brazil
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      Alfaro, Laura, Yasheng Huang, and Marios S. Kalochoritis. Power to the States: "Fiscal Wars" for FDI in Brazil. Harvard Business School Case 701-079, March 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
      • March 2001
      • Teaching Note

      U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Georges Dam (A) and (B) TN, The

      By: George C. Lodge
      Teaching Note for (9-900-017) and (9-900-018). View Details
      Keywords: Construction Industry; Construction Industry; China; United States
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      Lodge, George C. "U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Georges Dam (A) and (B) TN, The." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 901-053, March 2001.
      • March 2001 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
      In late 1999, the Walt Disney Co. and the Hong Kong government agreed to develop Hong Kong Disneyland, a HK$28 (U.S.$3.6) billion theme park and resort complex planned to open in late 2005. As part of the total financing package, the sponsors decided to raise HK$3.3... View Details
      Keywords: Working Capital; Project Finance; Relationships; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Tourism Industry; Hong Kong
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 201-072, March 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
      • February 2001
      • Article

      From Initial Idea to Unique Advantage: The Entrepreneurial Challenge of Constructing a Resource Base

      By: Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges
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      Brush, Candida G., Patricia G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart. "From Initial Idea to Unique Advantage: The Entrepreneurial Challenge of Constructing a Resource Base." Academy of Management Executive 15, no. 1 (February 2001). (Executive Commentary by Harold S. Haller.)
      • November 2000 (Revised April 2001)
      • Case

      CMR Enterprises

      By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella
      Sam Marcus recently purchased a small cabinet-making company, and is looking for dramatic growth. The company competes in commercial and residential construction markets; shortly after the acquisition, the company gains a large new residential customer. The case traces... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Relationships; Segmentation; Construction Industry
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      Narayandas, Das, and Mary N. Caravella. "CMR Enterprises." Harvard Business School Case 501-012, November 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
      • October 2000
      • Teaching Note

      eBricks.com TN

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Teaching Note for (9-800-327). View Details
      Keywords: Construction Industry
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R. "eBricks.com TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 801-245, October 2000.
      • August 2000
      • Case

      Manila Water Company (A)

      By: Michael Beer and Elizabeth Weldon
      On February 3, 1997, the east zone of the Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewerage System (MWSS) was taken over by the Manila Water Co. (MWC), a newly created joint venture between the Ayala Corp., a large Filipino conglomerate; Bechtel Enterprises, Inc., an American... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Horizontal Integration; Privatization; Problems and Challenges; Utilities Industry
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      Beer, Michael, and Elizabeth Weldon. "Manila Water Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 401-014, August 2000.
      • May 2000 (Revised July 2000)
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      U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (A), The

      By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis
      Describes the dilemma Martin Kamarck faced as president of the Export-Import Bank in whether to provide U.S. companies financing for China's Three Gorges Dam project. View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; China; United States
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      Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 900-017, May 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
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