Instrumentality - Publications - Faculty & Research

spring 1974
Article

The Optimality of a Competitive Stock Market

By: Robert C. Merton and Marti G. Subrahmanyam

Keywords: Competition; Stocks; Markets

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December 2010 (Revised July 2011)
Supplement

DoubleClick, Inc.: Additional Paid-in-CapitalStock Options

By: David F. Hawkins

Income statement and balance sheet consequences of DoubleClick adoption of the fair value method to account for stock options. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Stock Options

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December 1982 (Revised November 2006)
Background Note

Note on Futures Contracts

By: David E. Bell

Provides an introduction to futures contracts, what they are, what their use in hedging is, and their usefulness in providing forecasts. Also covers basic risk. Includes a list of commodities currently traded in futures markets and the necessary properties of a... View Details

Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures

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October 1972
Article

A Dynamic Model for Bond Portfolio Management

By: D. B. Crane and S. P. Bradley

Keywords: Bonds; Investment; Management

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Market trends, opportunities in advanced technology fields

transportation technologies, biotechnology, chemicals, energy and resources, engineering, the environment, food and beverage, fuel cell and battery technologies, healthcare, information technology, instrumentation and sensors... View Details

07 Aug 2019
News

Vertex Appoints First Female CEO

selection, according to Leiden. “She has been instrumental in executing Vertex’s strategy; and she is a ‘great communicator and leader,’” according to the Globe. READ MORE View Details

Portrait Project

Foluke Otudeko

the best that I can be in all the roles of my life: a great wife, mum, daughter, sister, friend, employee, employer and citizen. I ask the world I ask you .to close your eyes and see Africa one day making beautiful music. No longer a cacophony of disparate beating... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

A New Path for Alumnae

success? A successful life is like a beautiful symphony. There are moments of intensity when every instrument is fully engaged, the volume is high, and the themes are varied and complex, but there are also moments when all attention is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

December 2005 (Revised November 2006)
Case

Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. The protagonist is... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Condition; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Capital; Public Equity; Stock Shares; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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Matt Beecher

did nothing to earn. And so, I pray, as did St Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow Love; Where there is injury, Pardon;Where there is doubt, Faith; Where there is despair,... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Dateline Belgrade

breakthrough memorandum while riding out a NATO bombing raid in a Belgrade bunker, the Financial Times (June 14, 1999) asserted that Castenfelt was instrumental "in convincing the Yugoslav leadership of the need to end the war."... View Details

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

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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

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Rubber Industry

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March 1992 (Revised November 1993)
Case

Beta Management Co.

A manager of a small investment company has been successfully using index funds for limited market timing. Growth has allowed her to move into picking stocks. She is considering two small and highly variable listed stocks, but is concerned about the risk that these... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Stocks; Financial Services Industry

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