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The Wilson Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of the... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Forecasting and Prediction; Sales; Financial Strategy

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1986
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Capital Flight, Policy Credibility, and the Option Value of Foreign Exchange

By: K. A. Froot and S. van Wijnbergen

Keywords: Trade Policy; Capital Controls; Liberalization; Currency; International Finance; Capital

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April 1986 (Revised May 1989)
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Alloy Rods Corp.

By: Frank V. Cespedes

In July of 1985 the managers of Alloy Rods (who recently purchased the company through a leveraged buyout arrangement) find that their chief competitor (a company more than 6 times as large as Alloy Rods) has introduced a new product clearly aimed at Alloy's most... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Business Strategy; Business or Company Management; Financial Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Product Development

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1986
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Checks Unbalanced: The Quiet Side of Public Spending

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Spending; Balance and Stability

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spring 1986
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Delegating Pricing Responsibility to the Salesforce

By: R. Lal

Keywords: Price; Sales; Employees

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March 1986 (Revised February 1987)
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Spear Securities, Inc.

By: Andre F. Perold

Keywords: Finance; Financial Services Industry

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March 1986 (Revised November 1990)
Case

Valerie Morgan

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Presents interviews and conversations with a woman who recently started a publishing house. Primarily concerns her immediate future regarding harvesting options: IPO, sell out, step up to chairman, venture capital, etc. Also deals with the excitement and thrill of... View Details

Keywords: Interactive Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Cash; Initial Public Offering; Business or Company Management; Strategic Planning; Publishing Industry

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1986
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An Options Approach to Corporate Finance

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Corporate Finance

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March 1986
Article

Calculating the Market Value of Riskless Cash Flows

By: R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Value; Markets; Price; Cash Flow

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Capital and Ownership Structure: A Comparison of United States and Japanese Manufacturing Corporations

By: W. C. Kester

Keywords: Capital; Ownership; Production; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Japan

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February 1986
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Kedaung Industrial Ltd., Video

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Presents an interview with the Indonesian partner of Corning Glass Works' investment in Indonesia. The first part of the interview sets out the original decisions made by the partners. It serves to introduce the partners to the class and to help them decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Decisions; Investment; Consumer Products Industry; Indonesia

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February 1986 (Revised November 1992)
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Novo Industri A/S--1981

By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson

This small but rapidly growing Danish biochemical company must choose among several financing opportunities that include a convertible Eurobond, a rights offering in Denmark and an issue of new common shares in the United States. The case involves a broad range of... View Details