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- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Supplement
ABB: Accountability Times Two (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes internal allocation conflicts in a complex global company structured as a matrix organization. ABB Switzerland has secured and will build an important power station project; however, internal market allocation policies dictate that this work be handled by ABB... View Details
- March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction
By: Dwight B. Crane
Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to... View Details
- February 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989
By: Peter Tufano
Japanese financial institutions' willingness to sell put options on the Nikkei Stock Average provides investment banks with the raw material from which to create a security that would allow U.S. investors to bet on falls in the Japanese Stock Market. The investment... View Details
- 1992
- Chapter
Rethinking America's Security: The Primacy of the Domestic Agenda
By: James K. Sebenius and Peter G. Peterson
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
MCI Communications Corporation (1983) TN
Teaching Note for (9-284-057). View Details
- 1992
- Working Paper
Securities Underwriting and Investment Banking Competition
By: Samuel Hayes and Andrew Regan
- August 1991 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Nikko Securities Co. Ltd.
By: Andre F. Perold
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. (B), Teaching Note
- 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
- January 1991 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
Responsible Care
By: George C. Lodge and Jeffrey F. Rayport
Describes a 1989 initiative of the Chemical Manufacturer's Association (CMA) to secure chemical industry support for and implementation of a series of codes of conduct in the field of environmental health and safety. Called "Responsible Care", the program makes... View Details
- 1990
- Chapter
In God We Trust: The Political Economy of the Social Security Reserves
By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords: Sovereign Finance
- November 1989 (Revised June 1991)
- Background Note
Facts and Figures on Defense Procurement: The Department of Defense and Defense Procurement, An Overview
By: Robert L. Simons
Provides statistics and other factual information on the Department of Defense procurement process, DOD expenditures, market share segmentation, the variety of contract types, and the role of the Defense Contract Audit Agency. View Details
Keywords: National Security
- September 1989
- Case
Funding the United States Social Security System
- June 1989 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Rossin Greenberg Seronick & Hill, Inc. (A)
By: John A. Quelch
Rossin Greenberg Seronick & Hill (RGSH), a New England advertising agency, was keen to secure the account of Microsoft Corp. The case describes the bid for the account, which included the submission of a "flier" referring to knowledge of a competitor's plans, as a... View Details
- winter 1988
- Article
Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts
By: Robert F. Bruner and Lynn S. Paine
Management buyouts, which have played an important role in the recent wave of corporate restructurings, have been criticized from several directions. This article addresses the problems created by management's conflict of interest. As members of the buyout team,... View Details