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- January–February 1988
- Article
Dynamic Strategies for Asset Allocation
By: André Perold and William F. Sharpe
- October 1987 (Revised January 2013)
- Background Note
Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models
Explores some of the issues involved in valuing cash flow streams. A simple model is presented that reveals the effect on value of changing assumptions about the appropriate discount rate, the level of profitability, the growth rate of sales, the asset intensity ratio,... View Details
- September 1987
- Article
Short-term and Long-term Expectations of the Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate: Evidence from Survey Data
By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot
- June 1987 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Textile Corporation Building, The
Describes the potential acquisition of a downtown office building in Boston through a sealed bid auction. The prospective buyer analyzes in detail all elements of the income and expense statements, calculates the effect of all improvements, and imputes a purchase price... View Details
- April 1987 (Revised May 1987)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (H): Fred Lerner--Inventory Planning and Control
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
- March 1987
- Article
Using Survey Data to Test Standard Propositions Regarding Exchange Rate Expectations
By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot
- 1987
- Working Paper
Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets
By: K. A. Froot
Simple regression tests that have power against the alternatives that asset prices and expected future asset returns are excessively volatile are developed and performed for the foreign exchange and stock markets. These tests have a number of advantages over... View Details
- December 1986
- Article
Understanding the U.S. Dollar in the Eighties: The Expectations of Chartists and Fundamentalists
By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot
- September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of... View Details
- 1986
- Other Unpublished Work
Currency Values in a Continuous Time Capital Asset Pricing Model Driven by Asset Supplies
By: K. A. Froot
- April 1986 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Tribal Assets Management: The Dragon Proposal
By: William A. Sahlman and Norman Klein
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- 1986
- Article
The Dollar as an Irrational Speculative Bubble: A Tale of Fundamentalists and Chartists
By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot
- July 1985 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Atlantic Corp.
By: Peter Tufano
Two forest products manufacturers negotiate the sale of a group of assets. ACRS would allow the buyer to rapidly depreciate the stepped up basis to justify a high valuation. The seller recently paid greenmail, and this transaction may be linked to its desire to avoid... View Details
- October 1984 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (A)
By: Andre F. Perold
Describes the events surrounding the sale of a particular large block of a thinly traded stock. Brings the situation to the point at which the seller has received an offer, and must now decide what to do. View Details
- January 1984 (Revised August 1988)
- Background Note
Valuation Techniques
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes several approaches to valuation of a going concern: assets, earnings, and cash flow. View Details
- 1984
- Book
Managing Human Assets: The Groundbreaking Harvard Business School Program
By: Michael Beer, Bert Spector, Paul R. Lawrence and D. Q. Mills
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (B)
By: W. Carl Kester
Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details