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May 1986 (Revised October 1986)
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May 1986
Case

Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (D): Implementation of the Central Liabilities Pilot

By: Shoshana Zuboff

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Information Management; Banking Industry; Brazil

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May 1986 (Revised February 1991)
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Wilson Lumber Co.

By: Thomas R. Piper

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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January 1986 (Revised October 1986)
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Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (Abridged)

By: Shoshana Zuboff

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Information Management; Banking Industry; Brazil

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November 1985
Case

Genetics Institute Enters the Seed Business

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Michael Joseph Kennedy

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

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November 1985
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Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy

By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry

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April 1985 (Revised February 1990)
Background Note

Regulation and Competition in Commercial Banking

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Dekkers L. Davidson

Keywords: Commercial Banking; Competition; Banking Industry

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1985
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism: A Casebook on the History of American Economic Institutions

By: A. D. Chandler Jr. and R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Economic Systems; Managerial Roles

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March 1985 (Revised August 1995)
Teaching Note

Second Bank of the United States, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: History; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States

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February 1985
Case

Business Research Corp. (B)

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a description of a set of related decisions confronting the management and directors of Business Research Corp. (BRC) in April of 1984. BRC needs more capital to finance continued development of the market for a full-text database comprised of Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Finance; Capital Structure; Capital; Goals and Objectives; Conflict of Interests; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Ethics

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January 1985
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Business Research Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a description of a decision confronting an entrepreneur: which of two investment proposals should he accept to fund the creation and marketing of a database that comprises the full text of research reports produced by Wall Street investment banking firms? The... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Valuation; Investment Banking; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Service Industry

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December 1984
Teaching Note

First National Bank of Lake City (A), Teaching Note

By: Michael Beer

Teaching Note for (9-474-139). View Details

Keywords: Labor Unions; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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August 1984
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Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (Condensed)

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Chemical Industry

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July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
Case

CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

By: William A. Sahlman

Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details