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- April 1997
- Case
Pricing for Profit: The UK Credit Card Industry in the Late 1980s (A)
Describes the United Kingdom credit card industry in the late 1980s, which was really three businesses: a cashless transaction business for merchants, a cashless transaction business for card holders, and a credit business for card holders. At the time of the case,... View Details
Stuart, Harborne W., Jr. "Pricing for Profit: The UK Credit Card Industry in the Late 1980s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-168, April 1997.
- November 2006
- Case
Selling Biovail Short
By: Malcolm P. Baker, Chris Lombardi and Aldo Sesia
Hedge fund SAC Capital and analysts from Gradient Analytics and Banc of America face charges of stock price manipulation from Biovail, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Gradient and BofA produced negative reports on Biovail's earnings quality. At the same time, SAC... View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Investment Banking; Asset Pricing; Financial Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Baker, Malcolm P., Chris Lombardi, and Aldo Sesia. "Selling Biovail Short." Harvard Business School Case 207-071, November 2006.
- March 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
The Nikkei 225 Reconstitution
By: Robin Greenwood
Taka Haneda, a proprietary trader at the Tokyo office of Goldman Sachs, has just learned that the Nikkei 225 will undergo a significant redefinition over the coming week. He faces several billion dollars of customer orders, as well as the opportunity to commit the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Stocks; Investment Return; Price; Market Transactions; Financial Services Industry; Tokyo
Greenwood, Robin. "The Nikkei 225 Reconstitution." Harvard Business School Case 207-109, March 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- 24 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
- October 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Supplement
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update
By: Dwight B. Crane
Briefly summarizes the events that transpired after the investment bank Salomon Brothers revealed that it had repeatedly violated the rules governing the auction of new U.S. Government securities. Includes a description of the violations, the management shake-up that... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Instruments; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Crane, Dwight B. "Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-057, October 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- August 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Teaching Note
Malcolm Life Enhances Its Variable Annuities (TN)
By: Robert C. Pozen and David J. Pearlman
Teaching Note for 311041. View Details
- February 2007 (Revised April 2010)
- Teaching Note
Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can Be Had" (TN)
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Stocks
- September 2006
- Teaching Note
Corning: Convertible Preferred Stock (TN)
By: Malcolm P. Baker
Keywords: Stocks
- November 2004 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process
By: Paul M. Healy and Boris Groysberg
In 2003, Steve Hash, research director at Lehman Brothers, prepared to initiate the firm's "Ten Uncommon Values" stock-picking process for the year. An investment committee had to pick the 10 best stocks from about 100 stock ideas presented by the firm's analysts. The... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Investment; Financial Strategy; Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry; United States
Healy, Paul M., and Boris Groysberg. "10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process." Harvard Business School Case 405-022, November 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
- Article
An Empirical Investigation of Tax Factors and Mutual Funds' Stock Sales Decisions
By: V.G. Narayanan and Steven Huddart
Narayanan, V.G., and Steven Huddart. "An Empirical Investigation of Tax Factors and Mutual Funds' Stock Sales Decisions." Review of Accounting Studies 7, nos. 2-3 (June 2002): 319–341.
- 20 Mar 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Bubbles for Fama
- January 1993 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package
By: Peter Tufano
Details a thinly disguised situation faced by a recent Harvard MBA graduate who was forced by a prospective employer to place a dollar value on a grant of stock options. There are two objectives: 1) Serves as an introduction to option valuation, in which students have... View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Michael Lewittes. "Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package." Harvard Business School Case 293-053, January 1993. (Revised August 2003.)
- Article
Investing in What You Know: The Case of Individual Investors and Local Stocks
By: Mark Seasholes and Ning Zhu
This paper tests the performance of individuals' equity investments. We study over 40,000
accounts and 950,000 trades from a large discount broker. Individuals invest heavily in
local stocks and put 14% more into these stocks than a market-neutral portfolio... View Details
Seasholes, Mark, and Ning Zhu. "Investing in What You Know: The Case of Individual Investors and Local Stocks." Journal of Investment Management 11, no. 1 (First Quarter 2013): 20–30.
- January 1993 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Laurinburg Precision Engineering
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
A small manufacturer needs additional financing for expansion and production improvements. A bond issue would provide needed funds, and a zero-coupon bond would delay payments until funds provided by operations were available. Present value tables are included. View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Laurinburg Precision Engineering." Harvard Business School Case 193-098, January 1993. (Revised May 2004.)
- winter 2004
- Article
Transferable Stock Options (TSOs) and the Coming Revolution in Equity-Based Pay
By: Brian Hall
- February 2010
- Supplement
Valuing Visa? Priceless (CW)
By: Peter Tufano
Students must determine whether or not Visa, which had an IPO one month prior, is a good investment. The case provides an overview of multisided platform businesses and the payments industry in general. Visa's business model and economics are reviewed. View Details
- February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Teaching Note
Circuits, Inc. TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note for (9-100-013). View Details