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A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of... View Details

Keywords: Social Insurance; Econometric Models; Public Sector; Government Administration; Policy; Human Needs; Social Issues; Risk and Uncertainty

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January – February 1977
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Negotiating with Third World Governments

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Negotiation; Global Range; Government and Politics

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September 1976 (Revised January 1977)
Case

Del Norte Paper Co. (C)

By: William A. Sahlman

Designed to serve two roles: first, it provides a reasonably comprehensive description of an ongoing capital budgeting system for the international operations of a large American company. Second, it allows the student to focus upon and critically analyze a series of... View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; International Relations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goals and Objectives; Service Delivery; Business Subsidiaries; Performance Evaluation; Performance Expectations; Financial Services Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry

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spring 1976
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Information, Politics and Economic Analysis: The Regulatory Decision Process in the Air Freight Cases

By: M. E. Porter and J. F. Sagansky

Keywords: Information; Government and Politics; Economics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Making

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1976
Report

Tax Policies of U.S. and Foreign Nations in Support of R&D and Innovation

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Taxation; Policy; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention

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June 1975 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Angus Cartwright III

By: Kenneth J. Hatten, William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.

Judy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Balanced Scorecard; Valuation

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April 1975 (Revised May 1993)
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Guaranteed Student Loan Program (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Government Administration; Financing and Loans; Public Administration Industry

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September 1974 (Revised June 1986)
Case

William D. Ruckelshaus and the Environmental Protection Agency

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Government Administration; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Government Relations; United States

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1973
Chapter

National Policies in an International Industry: The Europeans and Automobiles

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; Europe

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spring 1973
Article

Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty

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

Keywords: Management; Banks and Banking; Government and Politics; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty

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November 1972 (Revised December 2000)
Background Note

Note on Forms of Real Estate Ownership

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Thierry Liverman

Examines the legal forms of ownership of real property. Included are the corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, real estate investment trust, sole proprietorship, and joint venture. Tax factors and business management considerations are... View Details

Keywords: Ownership; Property; Taxation; Business Organization

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