Publications

Article

Targeted Repurchases and Common Stock Returns

By: R. S. Ruback and W. Mikkelson

Keywords: Stocks; Finance

June 2002
Background Note

Convertible Securities

This case covers the general characteristics of convertible securities and briefly discusses their history, investors, issuers, and method of valuation. View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities

August 1, 2002
Article

Options Should be Reflected in the Bottom Line

By: Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Profit

November 1993
Article

The Changing Character of Stock Market Liquidity

By: André Perold and James F. Gammill

Keywords: Stocks; Markets; Financial Liquidity

June 1998
Background Note

Share Buy-Backs: The European and Japanese Experience

By: Marc L. Bertoneche

Keywords: Stock Shares; Europe; Japan

fall 1999
Article

Stock Performance and Intermediation Changes Surrounding Sustained Increases in Disclosure

By: Paul M. Healy, Amy P. Hutton and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Stocks; Performance; Change

Article

What You Need to Know about Stock Options

By: Brian Hall

Keywords: Stock Options

27 Sep 1991 - 28 Sep 1991
Lecture

Takeover Bids and the Relative Prices of Shares that Differ in their Voting Rights

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Stock Shares

April 2005 (Revised January 2006)
Background Note

Note on Basic Option Properties

Options are contracts that give the right, but not the obligation, to either buy or sell a specific underlying security for a specified price on or before a specific date. Explains the basis of options, covering fundamentals such as option terminology, the payoff... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options

October 2003 (Revised December 2003)
Case

STMicroelectronics N.V., 2003 Convertible Bond Offering

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Focuses on the valuation of a complex option embedded in a convertible debenture with a negative yield to maturity. View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Valuation

April 2021
Supplement

Exercise for Revlon: Surviving Covid-19

By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah Gulick

Exercise for Revlon: Surviving Covid-19 View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

September 2006 (Revised November 2007)
Exercise

Market Making Exercise

By: Malcolm P. Baker

Students make a market in a new security, posting bid and offer prices and quantities for a new derivative security. View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Financial Markets; Price

January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
Background Note

Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner

Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings scales and the credit rating process. In particular, describes the role and function of the rating committee and the analytical categories considered in arriving at a final sovereign credit rating. View Details

Keywords: Financial Markets; Credit; Bonds; Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Measurement and Metrics; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Services Industry

June 2001 (Revised December 2006)
Case

Role of Capital Market Intermediaries in the Dot-Com Crash of 2000, The

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Gillian D Elcock

Set in the context of the rise and fall of the Internet stocks in the United States. View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Price Bubble; Capital Markets; Investment Banking; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

April 26, 2007
Article

How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Trust; Stocks; Financial Institutions

May 17, 2000
Article

New Stock Option Rules

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Stock Options; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Case

Carlyle Japan (A)

By: David B. Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki

Tamotsu Adachi, Managing Director of Carlyle Japan, wants to formulate a strategy to improve his firm's ability to source high-quality deals at competitive valuations, or prices. Buyout funds like Carlyle typically have two deal phases: sourcing and monitoring. These... View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Leveraged Buyouts; Supply Chain Management; Marketing Channels; Sales; Financial Services Industry; Japan