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- January 1987 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
R.J. Reynolds International Financing
By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen
Reynolds must source a substantial portion of the financing of its Nabisco acquisition in offshore bond markets. Morgan Guaranty has proposed a yen/dollar dual currency Eurobond that could be hedged into dollars. This structure is compared to Eurodollar Bonds, Euroyen... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Capital Markets; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Bonds; Financing and Loans
Kester, W. Carl, and William B. Allen. "R.J. Reynolds International Financing." Harvard Business School Case 287-057, January 1987. (Revised November 1991.)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
who directs the Law School's Islamic Studies Program, explained that such legal systems do not rely on precedents or written codes and have an inherent dependence on religious beliefs. "This law is seen as deriving from direct, divine... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
barefoot. The result is an un-aged 80 proof clear spirit derived from fresh-fermented grape juice (wine). It takes at least four bottles of wine to produce one bottle of pisco. Pisco Punch and Pisco Sour are the spirit’s flagship drinks... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine
the middle of its 600-foot altitude range. (The higher the elevation, the lower the sugar content—perfect for sparkling wines, not so much for still.) And the vineyard’s Jory soil—rich, well-drained, and derived from volcanic basalt—is... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
to recruit the best distributors, and to capture market share from weaker, local competitors. Selling the American dream has paid off handsomely. Eight of the ten most valuable brands in the world, according to the Interbrand consultancy, are American, and each View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
objective was met. Our space research gave rise to Silicon Valley, and U.S. industrial strength was enhanced by technology innovation derived from products created for our satellite program. By 1980, however, Europe, helped by the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
social utility -- the enjoyment of fulfillment people derive from consuming a good or utilizing a service." Beyond movies-on-demand and videoconferencing, the authors say "the most savvy service providers, such as telephone and cable... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS
that person has been more than willing to help me learn. On countless occasions in my RC year, I happily traded an hour of financial derivatives tutoring in exchange for an hour of accounting help, and along the way I learned a ton and... View Details
- Profile
Jessica Kramer
As an economics major at Dartmouth looking for career direction, Jessica Kramer saw Morgan Stanley’s employment offer as “a good way to earn my chops” in business. Two years selling interest-rate derivatives in New York City, plus another... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
friend in the electronic greeting-card business, who thought flower marketing could derive great advantages from the efficiencies of the Internet and wanted Bry's online expertise. Proflowers was the result. Seated in her no-frills office... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
diabetes by creating new beta cells in the pancreas. This is difficult work that is high risk but high reward. You have come to grips with the many ethical considerations in working with stem cells derived from embryos that were created... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina
By: Mihir A. Desai and Alexandra de Royere
What price should Dow Chemical bid for PBB, a petrochemical complex that is being privatized by the Argentine government? To answer this question, students are forced to consider the role of country risk, the underlying currency exposure of the business, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Bids and Bidding; Privatization; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Energy Industry; Argentina
Desai, Mihir A., and Alexandra de Royere. "Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 204-021, November 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
interests of shareholders. Since power derives from control over access to valued resources, this disparity in control over strategic decisions results in a great power imbalance among workers, top executives, and capital investors,... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
commercial and investment banking had been torn down, and banks, investment banks, and insurance companies were in each others’ businesses. “As a result of deregulation, the derivatives market and the market for mortgage-related... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) My first job was as a derivatives trader. The markets fascinated me; the testosterone-driven culture of the trading floor did not.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment
careers. "We wanted to provide an effective self-assessment tool," notes Butler, who describes the BCII as "an extremely sophisticated instrument derived from a ten-year study of over 650 business professionals." Together, the text and... View Details
Keywords: Bob Binstock
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
emphasize and vice versa, an effect we label compensatory fit. We illustrate the concept of compensatory fit by drawing upon qualitative data from a re-organization at Cisco Systems. We also derive formal boundary conditions for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
The JD/MBA Seminar: The Perfect Practice Ground
also found it to be one that stimulates deep reflection. On one end, the seminar is a rigorous academic capstone, pushing us to think deeply about and integrate what we have learned across our HBS and HLS educations. When people present, they use analytical frameworks... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
businesses. Such companies gain advantage because regulators tend to look to the most technologically advanced operations when setting industry standards. On the whole, larger and more prominent firms are most likely to need, want, and be able to View Details