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- February 1996 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
ARPPS: Adjustable Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock & MMP: Money Market Preferred Stock TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Keywords: Stocks
- February 1996 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
America Online, Inc.
By: Amy P. Hutton and Krishna G. Palepu
America Online's (AOL) stock price has soared nearly 2,000% since its IPO. However, there is considerable disagreement among analysts regarding the future prospects of AOL. Although many analysts are bullish on the stock, short sellers have sold around 7 million... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Analysis; Stocks; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Statements; Business Strategy; Web Services Industry
Hutton, Amy P., and Krishna G. Palepu. "America Online, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 196-130, February 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
- October 1995 (Revised November 1997)
- Supplement
Apex Investment Partners (B): May 1995
By: Josh Lerner and Sanjiv R. Das
Examines the warrant pricing. View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments
Lerner, Josh, and Sanjiv R. Das. "Apex Investment Partners (B): May 1995." Harvard Business School Supplement 296-029, October 1995. (Revised November 1997.)
- September 1995 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
RogersCasey Alternative Investments faces the challenge of managing distributions of stock by the private equity investors in which their clients have invested. These distributed shares appear to behave in complex ways, apparently at odds with market efficiency. A... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment; Innovation Strategy; Management; Distribution; Performance; Behavior
Lerner, Josh. "RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-024, September 1995. (Revised May 1998.)
- 1995
- Chapter
The Payment System and Derivative Instruments
By: André Perold
Perold, André. "The Payment System and Derivative Instruments." In The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- August 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Futures on the Mexican Peso
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Matthew McBrady and Mark Seasholes
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange needs to decide how to design, and whether and when to introduce, a futures contract on the Mexican peso. View Details
Keywords: Exchange Rates; Money Markets; Futures Market; Country Analysis; International Finance; Financial Markets; Futures and Commodity Futures; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Mexico
Froot, Kenneth A., Matthew McBrady, and Mark Seasholes. "Futures on the Mexican Peso." Harvard Business School Case 296-004, August 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
American Express TRS Charge-Card Receivables and Lehman Brothers and the Securitization of American Express Charge-Card Receivables TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-293-120) and (9-293-121). View Details
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
B.F. Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap, The TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-284-080). View Details
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
ARPPS: Adjustable Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock and MMP: Money Market Preferred Stock TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Keywords: Stocks
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
Investment Linked to Commodity Futures, An TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-293-017). View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
State of Connecticut Municipal Swap TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-291-024). View Details
- 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
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 August 1995)
- Background Note
Options and Put-Call Parity
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Illustrates the payoff structure of various positions involving put and call options and the use of put-call parity in understanding the relationships among various positions. Examines the cases of insured equity, interest rate caps and floors, callable and extendable... View Details
Keywords: Stock Options
Perold, Andre F., and Wai Lee. "Options and Put-Call Parity." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-129, March 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- March 1995 (Revised June 1997)
- Teaching Note
Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Teaching Note for (9-595-026). View Details
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 595-104, March 1995. (Revised June 1997.)
- March 1995 (Revised November 1995)
- Supplement
Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
FPL's dividend policy and the reaction of the financial markets are examined. View Details
Esty, Benjamin C., and Craig F Schreiber. "Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 295-106, March 1995. (Revised November 1995.)
- February 1995 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
MasterCard and World Championship Soccer
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The MasterCard vice president for global promotions and other MasterCard executives are appraising the results of MasterCard's worldwide sponsorship of the 1994 World Cup soccer championship. They must decide whether to commit to sponsor the 1998 championship to be... View Details
Keywords: Credit Cards; Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Advertising Campaigns; Globalization; Sports; Financial Services Industry; Sports Industry; France; United States
Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "MasterCard and World Championship Soccer." Harvard Business School Case 595-040, February 1995. (Revised November 1996.)
- January 1995
- Case
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
Kester, W. Carl. "Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The." Harvard Business School Case 295-096, January 1995.
- January 1995
- Background Note
A Note on Distribution of Venture Investments
By: Josh Lerner
Venture capitalists typically exit investments by distributing shares to investors. These transfers pose challenges for these investors. Predictions and evidence about the behavior of stock prices of firms around the time of these distributions are presented. View Details
Lerner, Josh. "A Note on Distribution of Venture Investments." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-095, January 1995.
- December 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Tiffany & Co.--1993
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
The restructuring of Tiffany's retailing agreement with Mitsukoshi Ltd. in 1993 exposed Tiffany to substantial yen/dollar exchange rate volatility that it had not previously faced. This new exposure requires Tiffany to establish risk management policies and practices.... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Currency Exchange Rate; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Situation or Environment
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Tiffany & Co.--1993." Harvard Business School Case 295-047, December 1994. (Revised June 1995.)
- November 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
MW Petroleum Corporation (A)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman, Peter Tufano and Barbara Wall
Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties at different stages of engineering, development, and production. The proposed acquisition is a large one for... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Subsidiaries; Mining; Cash Flow; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Price; Negotiation; Production; Valuation; Mining Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., Peter Tufano, and Barbara Wall. "MW Petroleum Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 295-029, November 1994. (Revised November 1994.)