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      • September 1995 (Revised June 2002)
      • Case

      Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The

      By: V.G. Narayanan and James D Evans
      Following Intel Inc.'s decision to replace flawed Pentium chips, the company faces revenue recognition choices. Events leading up to IBM's decision to halt shipment of computers that have Intel's microprocessor inside and Intel's decision to replace all the flawed... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Revenue Recognition; Computer Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., and James D Evans. "Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 196-091, September 1995. (Revised June 2002.)
      • May 1995 (Revised April 1998)
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      AT&T Paradyne

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      A company making data communication devices has adopted a Total Quality philosophy for working with suppliers, employees, and customers. The finance group finds its existing cost system has become obsolete because of a shift from manual to automatic production... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Product; Corporate Accountability; Activity Based Costing and Management; System; Performance Efficiency; Financial Reporting; Operations; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "AT&T Paradyne." Harvard Business School Case 195-165, May 1995. (Revised April 1998.)
      • April 1995 (Revised March 1997)
      • Background Note

      Introduction to Derivative Instruments

      By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
      Provides an elementary introduction to three major classes of derivative instruments: options, forwards and futures, and swaps. View Details
      Keywords: Financial Instruments
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Introduction to Derivative Instruments." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-141, April 1995. (Revised March 1997.)
      • March 1995 (Revised April 1997)
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      Co-operative Bank, The

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Srikant M. Datar
      A British bank with strong roots in the cooperative movement encounters declining profitability in an increasingly competitive and deregulated financial services industry. It attempts to grow by broadening its customer base and increasing the range of products and... View Details
      Keywords: Product; Competition; Expansion; Cost Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Srikant M. Datar. "Co-operative Bank, The." Harvard Business School Case 195-196, March 1995. (Revised April 1997.)
      • January 1995
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      Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The

      By: W. Carl Kester
      A closed-end mutual fund's decision to study option trading provides an opportunity to study the profit profile and pricing of multiple option investment strategies (e.g., buy a call, buy a put, write a call, buy stock-write call, etc.). This case is designed to... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Funds; Stock Options; Profit; Price; Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The." Harvard Business School Case 295-096, January 1995.
      • December 1994 (Revised March 1996)
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      Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals' Acutrim: Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Diet Industry

      By: Nancy F. Koehn and Rebecca Voorheis
      Since its introduction in 1983, Acutrim has been a major player in the U.S. appetite suppressant market and in the broader diet industry. This case focuses on the strategic, regulatory, marketing, and financial challenges this product and the rapidly changing diet... View Details
      Keywords: Product Marketing; Market Design; Industry Structures; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Food and Beverage Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      Koehn, Nancy F., and Rebecca Voorheis. "Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals' Acutrim: Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Diet Industry." Harvard Business School Case 795-043, December 1994. (Revised March 1996.)
      • November 1994 (Revised February 1996)
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      Toy World, Inc.

      By: W. Carl Kester
      A shift from seasonal to level production of toys will change the seasonal cycle of Toy World's working capital needs and necessitate new bank credit arrangements. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
      Keywords: Working Capital; Business Cycles; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Funds; Financial Statements
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      Kester, W. Carl. "Toy World, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-073, November 1994. (Revised February 1996.)
      • September 1994 (Revised June 2017)
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      Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis

      By: Robert Simons and Antonio Davila
      Students are asked to use actual and pro forma financial statements to prepare a statement of cash flows under both the direct and indirect method. View Details
      Keywords: Cash Flow Analysis; Strategy Execution; Management Control Systems; Analysis; Cash Flow; Financial Statements
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      Simons, Robert, and Antonio Davila. "Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis." Harvard Business School Case 195-130, September 1994. (Revised June 2017.)
      • August 1994
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      Intuit, Inc.

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      The merger of two computer software firms with very rapidly growing non-overlapping products makes great strategic sense, but presents difficult valuation and accounting problems. How can a firm pay $225 million to acquire another firm with negligible current earnings,... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Applications and Software; Accounting; Financial Strategy; Goodwill Accounting; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry; United States
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Intuit, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-028, August 1994.
      • July 1994 (Revised September 1995)
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      Cougars

      By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai
      Provides an introduction to zero coupon bonds and stripping coupon bonds. Concerns the relationship between the spot curve, the strip curve, and the coupon curve. View Details
      Keywords: Bonds; Relationships
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      Mason, Scott P., and Mihir A. Desai. "Cougars." Harvard Business School Case 295-006, July 1994. (Revised September 1995.)
      • January 1994 (Revised July 1994)
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      Dell Computer Corporation

      By: Peter Tufano
      Tina Chen, chief investment officer of a large insurance company, hears accusations by a Kidder Peabody equity research analyst that Dell Computer Corp. might be improperly accounting for what he suspects are large foreign exchange losses resulting from speculation.... View Details
      Keywords: International Accounting; Financial Instruments; Ethics; Financial Statements; Computer Industry; United States
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      Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Dell Computer Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 294-051, January 1994. (Revised July 1994.)
      • April 1993 (Revised December 2001)
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      General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
      Designed to look at outsourcing from the perspective of a major computer services company trying to get into the business. View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Business Startups; Business Plan; Business Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Financial Management; Management Teams; Communication Strategy; Organizational Design; Product Design; Accounting; Activity Based Costing and Management; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (B)." Harvard Business School Case 193-145, April 1993. (Revised December 2001.)
      • April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
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      ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation

      By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
      To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
      • March 1993
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      Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (C)

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Describes key developments relating to Burroughs Wellcome, AZT and other AIDS drugs, and the AIDS issue in general from late 1989 through 1992. Includes excerpts from Wellcome PLC's financial statements and updated statistics on AIDS in the United States. View Details
      Keywords: Health Pandemics; Multinational Firms and Management; Financial Statements; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-115, March 1993.
      • January 1993 (Revised August 2003)
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      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
      Keywords: Valuation; Stock Options; Compensation and Benefits
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      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.)
      • December 1992 (Revised March 1997)
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      Peoria Engine Plant (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
      Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Reports; Financial Reporting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Peoria Engine Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-082, December 1992. (Revised March 1997.)
      • December 1992 (Revised May 1993)
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      Porsche AG

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Describes the financial management of the research and development departments of an automobile manufacturer and technology supplier. Existing cost systems measure accurately the costs incurred by department and by project. But little formal information is provided... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Cost Accounting; Research and Development; Machinery and Machining; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "Porsche AG." Harvard Business School Case 193-071, December 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
      • September 1992 (Revised July 1998)
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      Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification

      By: George C. Lodge and James W. Ragsdale
      In October 1990, eastern Germany was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany. The German people rewarded the architect of these changes, Helmut Kohl, with an enhanced majority in national elections. But only two years later it was hard to remember these heady... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Interest Rates; Political Elections; Situation or Environment; Integration; Europe; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom
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      Lodge, George C., and James W. Ragsdale. "Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification." Harvard Business School Case 793-033, September 1992. (Revised July 1998.)
      • May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
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      Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System

      By: Robert L. Simons
      Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Reporting; Profit; Business Growth and Maturation; Analytics and Data Science; Design; Accounting Audits; Growth and Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Complexity; Technology Industry
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      Simons, Robert L. "Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System." Harvard Business School Case 192-140, May 1992. (Revised January 2000.)
      • February 1992 (Revised October 1996)
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      CUC International, Inc. (A)

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Paul M. Healy
      The case series examines the role of financial reporting and corporate finance policies as vehicles for communication between managers and outside investors. This case describes management's concern that the company's stock is undervalued because analysts viewed the... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Reporting; Stocks; Financial Management; Decisions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Management Style; Management Practices and Processes; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value; Financial Services Industry
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      Palepu, Krishna G., and Paul M. Healy. "CUC International, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 192-099, February 1992. (Revised October 1996.)
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