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- April 1993 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
American Express TRS Charge-Card Receivables
By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
American Express (TRS) Co. is considering a proposal to securitize a portion of their consumer charge-card receivables portfolio. In the past, they have relied exclusively on a captive finance subsidiary, Credco, to perform this function. The proposed securitization... View Details
- January 1993 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details
- January 1993 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package
By: Peter Tufano
Details a thinly disguised situation faced by a recent Harvard MBA graduate who was forced by a prospective employer to place a dollar value on a grant of stock options. There are two objectives: 1) Serves as an introduction to option valuation, in which students have... View Details
- November 1992 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
BEA Associates: Enhanced Equity Index Funds
By: Andre F. Perold
BEA's enhanced index fund product uses derivatives and cash market securities to find the most efficient way to "track an index." The considerations involve transaction costs, custodial fees, withholding taxes on dividends, and fees from securities lending. In this... View Details
- September 1992
- Case
Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market
First case in a series of six cases that follow the experience of a cable television company as it adjusts to the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the stock market in the late 1980s. In this case Don Jones, the company's founder and owner, sees the rise in public... View Details
- September 1992
- Case
Star Cablevision Group (B): Adjusting to a Stock Market Correction
Second case in a series of six cases. This case describes the company as it adjusts to a stock market correction. View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets
- September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Japan Confronts an Interdependent World
By: George C. Lodge
Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case... View Details
- August 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Compania de Telefonos de Chile
By: W. Carl Kester, Enrique Ostale and Charles McHugh La Follette
The newly privatized Chilean telephone company, Compania de Telefonos de Chile (CTC) must raise substantial new funds externally in order to finance its expansion program. This task is complicated by Chile's small, illiquid capital markets and the skeptical view of... View Details
- 1992
- Chapter
The Role of Market Value Accounting in the Regulation of Insured Depository Institutions
By: S. Datar, W. Beaver and M. Wolfson
- July 1992 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
An Investment Linked to Commodity Futures
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Jay O. Light and Nancy Donohue
Describes a new investment which is linked to an index of commmodity futures prices. Explores how the index is constructed, how commodity futures (as opposed to other futures and spot prices) behave, and what the portfolio impacts of such an investment might be. View Details
- July 1992 (Revised May 1996)
- Background Note
Note on Commodity Futures
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Jay O. Light and Nancy Donohue
Describes how commodity futures work, what products and exchanges are available, and who the players in the commodity markets are. Also presents a careful discussion of the pricing of futures in commodity markets, focusing on cost of carry and risk premium approaches,... View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
- summer 1992
- Article
Shareholder Trading Practices and Corporate Investment Horizons
By: Kenneth A. Froot, André Perold and J. Stein
- May 1992 (Revised August 1996)
- Case
NIKE in Transition (A): The Ascendancy of Bob Woodell
Explores Bob Woodell's tenure as Nike's first COO. Describes development of Woodell's management style, his attempts to develop the organization, and his responses to unforeseen business problems. Changing market forces, new competitors, a build-up of low-end... View Details
- March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Thermo Electron Corp.
George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company has developed an unusual corporate structure in which subsidiaries fund new ventures by raising debt and equity in... 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 January 1996)
- Supplement
Birds Eye and the U.K. Frozen Food Industry (B)
By: David J. Collis
Describes the change in strategy Birds Eye adopted in the 1980s in the face of declining profitability and eroding market share. Updates the (A) case. 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
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
MCI Communications Corporation (1983) TN
Teaching Note for (9-284-057). View Details
- November 1991 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Oak Industries Inc.
By: William A. Sahlman and Burton C. Hurlock
Describes Bill Antle's proposed restructuring plans for Oak Industries, a company composed of nine divisions which seem to be experiencing operating difficulties. During the last ten years the company has been involved in a number of acquisitions and divestitures, as... View Details