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      • December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
      • Case

      Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
      With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
      • 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
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      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.)
      • November 2003 (Revised May 2016)
      • Case

      Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (A)

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Lisa Bud-Freirman
      Taught in the MBA Evolution of Global Business course, a business history course on the growth of multinationals. Explores the role of the British entrepreneur Weetman Pearson in developing the Mexican oil industry before 1914. Shows this entrepreneur's evolution from... View Details
      Keywords: History; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Renewable Energy; Growth Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Mexico
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Lisa Bud-Freirman. "Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 804-085, November 2003. (Revised May 2016.)
      • 2003
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Short Selling in Practice--Intermediating Uncertain Share Availability

      By: Gene M D'Avolio and André Perold
      Keywords: Stocks; Risk and Uncertainty
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      D'Avolio, Gene M., and André Perold. "Short Selling in Practice--Intermediating Uncertain Share Availability." October 2003.
      • September 2003 (Revised March 2004)
      • Case

      Yale University Investments Office: June 2003

      By: Josh Lerner
      The Yale Investments Office must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments--hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and so forth. Considers the risks and benefits of a different asset allocation strategy.... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Assets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Resource Allocation; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Education Industry
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      Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: June 2003." Harvard Business School Case 204-055, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
      • September 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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      Giant Cinema

      By: Malcolm P. Baker, Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford and Kathleen Luchs
      The owner of Giant Cinema must decide whether to invest in a digital projector, a new technology for screening films, or purchase a traditional projector. The impact of the new technology is uncertain, and the case describes probabilities for different outcomes that... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Film Entertainment; Technology Adoption; Financial Strategy; Investment; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Baker, Malcolm P., Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford, and Kathleen Luchs. "Giant Cinema." Harvard Business School Case 204-052, September 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
      • August 2003 (Revised May 2009)
      • Background Note

      Basic Venture Capital Formula, The

      By: William A. Sahlman and Matthew Willis
      Briefly summarizes the process that venture capitalists use to analyze high-risk, long-term investments. Contains information on methods that can be used to calculate valuation, share price, percent ownership, implied valuation, dilution, and option pools. View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Risk Management; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
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      Sahlman, William A., and Matthew Willis. "Basic Venture Capital Formula, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-042, August 2003. (Revised May 2009.)
      • July 2003
      • Background Note

      Expropriation in International Business

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
      Covers several important expropriation cases in international business from the 20th century and highlights the legal and political difficulties these companies faced. Serves to explain expropriation, to stress the vulnerability of foreign direct investments to... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Common Law; Risk Management; Property; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Jones, Geoffrey G., and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine. "Expropriation in International Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-020, July 2003.
      • March 2003
      • Case

      Insurer of Last Resort? The Federal Financial Response to September 11

      By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan
      Examines the federal financial response to September 11, 2001: the airline bailout, the victim compensation fund, emergency aid to New York and Washington, and terrorism reinsurance. Less than two weeks after the attacks, the government had committed almost $40 billion... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Insurance; Risk Management; United States
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      Moss, David A., and Sarah A. Brennan. "Insurer of Last Resort? The Federal Financial Response to September 11." Harvard Business School Case 703-041, March 2003.
      • March 2003 (Revised June 2003)
      • Case

      Risk Arbitrage: Abbott Labs and Alza (A)

      By: George C. Chacko, Randolph B. Cohen, Marc Chennault and Andrew Kuhlman
      A hedge fund is trying to decide whether to capitalize on a seeming risk arbitrage opportunity that exists during the Abbott Labs acquisition of ALZA. View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Funds
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      Chacko, George C., Randolph B. Cohen, Marc Chennault, and Andrew Kuhlman. "Risk Arbitrage: Abbott Labs and Alza (A)." Harvard Business School Case 203-003, March 2003. (Revised June 2003.)
      • 2003
      • Conference Paper

      Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

      By: John D. Macomber
      Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
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      Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
      • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
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      Mobile Energy Services Company

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
      When Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap became CEO of the Scott Paper Co., the company owned a large, vertically integrated production facility in Mobile, Alabama. Dunlap sold part of the production facility, a cogeneration power plant (later known as Mobile Energy Services Co.), to... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Investment; Projects; Vertical Integration; Energy Sources; Bonds; Ownership; Restructuring; Energy Industry; Alabama
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Mobile Energy Services Company." Harvard Business School Case 203-061, February 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
      • February 2003 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Brioni

      By: David E. Bell
      Should Brioni, an internationally known, exclusive men's suit manufacturer and retailer extend its line to include women's apparel? The opportunity is to enter a much larger and profitable market. The dangers are: 1) compromising the existing image, and 2) failing to... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Segmentation; Expansion; Profit; Risk Management; Demand and Consumers; Fashion Industry
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      Bell, David E. "Brioni." Harvard Business School Case 503-057, February 2003. (Revised April 2003.)
      • February 2003 (Revised January 2006)
      • Case

      AIT Group Plc

      By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
      A U.S. venture capital firm has just learned that the deal structure for purchasing an illiquid U.K. software firm is unacceptable to institutional investors. The group must decide if it still wants to go through with the deal. This decision hinges on whether the... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Financial Condition; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; United States; United Kingdom
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      Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "AIT Group Plc." Harvard Business School Case 803-104, February 2003. (Revised January 2006.)
      • January 2003 (Revised March 2003)
      • Case

      Southwest Airlines 2002: An Industry Under Siege

      By: James L. Heskett
      The company's management is faced with long-term questions regarding the rate and manner of growth in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and general industry malaise. View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Product; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development; Air Transportation Industry
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      Heskett, James L. "Southwest Airlines 2002: An Industry Under Siege." Harvard Business School Case 803-133, January 2003. (Revised March 2003.)
      • 2003
      • Working Paper

      The Risk Tolerance of International Investors

      By: Kenneth A. Froot and Paul G. J. O'Connell
      Keywords: Risk Aversion; Risk; International Investing; Risk and Uncertainty; International Finance; Asset Pricing; Investment
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      Froot, Kenneth A., and Paul G. J. O'Connell. "The Risk Tolerance of International Investors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-034, January 2004. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 10157, December 2003.)
      • December 2002 (Revised January 2004)
      • Case

      Basel II: Assessing the Default and Loss Characteristics of Project Finance Loans (A)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
      In June 1999, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced plans to revise the capital standards for banks. The Basel Committee believed that project loans were significantly riskier than corporate loans and, therefore, warranted higher capital charges under... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Project Finance; Financing and Loans; Projects; Standards; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Basel II: Assessing the Default and Loss Characteristics of Project Finance Loans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 203-035, December 2002. (Revised January 2004.)
      • December 2002 (Revised June 2003)
      • Case

      Rabobank Group: Leadership Role in Global Agribusiness

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
      The largest global agribusiness bank has lost its triple A rating and is rethinking its global strategy as the leading global food and agribusiness bank. How does it position itself in the vertical value-added global food system? View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Globalization; Finance; Risk Management; Global Strategy; Value Creation; Banking Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Rabobank Group: Leadership Role in Global Agribusiness." Harvard Business School Case 903-421, December 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
      • December 2002
      • Article

      The Pricing of Event Risks with Parameter Uncertainty

      By: K. A. Froot and S. Posner
      Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Insurance; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
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      Froot, K. A., and S. Posner. "The Pricing of Event Risks with Parameter Uncertainty." Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Theory 27, no. 2 (December 2002): 153–165. (Revised from NBER Working Paper no. 8106, February 2001.)
      • November 2002 (Revised February 2009)
      • Teaching Note

      Value Retail (TN)

      By: Arthur I Segel and Ani M Vartanian
      Teaching Note for (9-803-008). View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Performance Effectiveness; Brands and Branding; Planning; Strategy; Luxury; Milan
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      Segel, Arthur I., and Ani M Vartanian. "Value Retail (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 803-081, November 2002. (Revised February 2009.)
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