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- July 1991
- Case
Managing the U.S. Dollar in the 1980s
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Provides numerical data and alternative explanations concerning the U.S. dollar's rise and subsequent fall in value from 1981 through 1987. Students are challenged to study the evidence and make their own inferences concerning the dollar's movements and the degree of... View Details
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Mebel, Doran & Co., Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-287-001). View Details
Keywords: New York (state, US)
- June 1991
- Case
Continental Carriers, Inc.
By: W. Carl Kester
A U.S. trucking company is considering using debt for the first time to acquire another company. The directors of the company are divided in their opinion of the likely impact of leverage on Continental Carriers' performance. Their differences must be reconciled and a... View Details
- June 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Anderson Street, Teaching Note
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-386-036). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Fan Pier, Teaching Note
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-390-012). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Grosvenor Park, Teaching Note
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-390-010). View Details
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Prospect Hill (TN)
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-390-011). View Details
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Savannah West, Teaching Note
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-381-081). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised August 2001)
- Teaching Note
The Textile Corporation Building TN
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-387-189). View Details
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
John Deere, S.A. (Mexico) (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
- June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
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
- June 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Teaching Note
Marks and Spencer Ltd. (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-089), (9-391-090), and (9-792-007). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry (TN)
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-006). View Details
- June 1991 (Revised March 1995)
- Teaching Note
Major Home Appliance Industry in 1984 (Revised) and Maytag in 1984, Teaching Note
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-386-115) and (9-389-055). View Details
- May 1991
- Teaching Note
American Red Cross Blood Services: Northeast Region, Teaching Note
By: Robert L. Simons
Teaching Note for (9-190-078). View Details
- 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
- May 1991
- Article
Engines of Progress: Designing and Running Entrepreneurial Vehicles in Established Companies: The Enter-Prize Program at Ohio Bell, 1985-90
By: R. M. Kanter and L. Richardson
- April 1991 (Revised July 1992)
- Case
Koito Manufacturing Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Robert W. Lightfoot
Having acquired a 26% stake in Koito Manufacturing, a Japanese automotive parts supplier in the Toyota Group, T. Boone Pickens seeks a seat on Koito's board of directors. Koito's management resists, claiming Pickens is an unhelpful greenmailer, not a true long-term... View Details