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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
Combining action and analysis, they are a formidable crime-fighting duo. In Pale Gray for Guilt (1968), Meyer carries out an intricate con to trick a wealthy bad guy into stock market losses that will benefit a widow whose struggling... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
following four years, Lyondell’s total operating profit increased by 90 percent, while its stock price increased by 413 percent (over 50 percent a year, on average). By the end of 2014, Lyondell’s total enterprise value (the market value... View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
students, many of whom would be the first in their family to attend college, to HMS for a three-day immersion program. Ameen says he has a natural inclination for business. At Columbia, he ran a campus laundry service and managed a stock... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Retail Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
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Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- January 2008
- Teaching Note
Options (TN)
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
Teaching Note for [208116], [208117], [208118], and [208119]. View Details
Keywords: Stock Options
- April 2012
- Background Note
Note: Net Cash, Share Repurchases and EPS Growth
How companies with large net cash positions can enhance earnings/share through share repurchase in an environment of low interest rates. View Details
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note: Net Cash, Share Repurchases and EPS Growth." Harvard Business School Background Note 212-101, April 2012.
- June 1998
- Background Note
Share Buy-Backs: The European and Japanese Experience
By: Marc L. Bertoneche
Bertoneche, Marc L. "Share Buy-Backs: The European and Japanese Experience." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-134, June 1998.
- 27 Sep 1991 - 28 Sep 1991
- Lecture
Takeover Bids and the Relative Prices of Shares that Differ in their Voting Rights
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Stock Shares
Kester, W. Carl. "Takeover Bids and the Relative Prices of Shares that Differ in their Voting Rights." Lecture at the Workshop on Corporate Control and Corporate Restructuring, Center for Economic Policy Research, Stockholm, Sweden, September 27–28, 1991. (Jointly sponsored by the European Science Foundation.
Discussant.)
- April 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Basic Option Properties
Options are contracts that give the right, but not the obligation, to either buy or sell a specific underlying security for a specified price on or before a specific date. Explains the basis of options, covering fundamentals such as option terminology, the payoff... View Details
Keywords: Stock Options
Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Note on Basic Option Properties." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-105, April 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- February 1984 (Revised February 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Options
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Stock Options
Bell, David E. "Note on Options." Harvard Business School Background Note 184-141, February 1984. (Revised February 1994.)
- February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Exercise
Options Exercises
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Stock Options
Bell, David E. "Options Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 184-137, February 1984. (Revised January 1994.)
- 2022
- Other Article
Freezeouts in Delaware and Around the World
Subramanian, Guhan. "Freezeouts in Delaware and Around the World." University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 24, no. 4 (2022): 803–817.
- March 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Background Note
Options and Put-Call Parity
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Illustrates the payoff structure of various positions involving put and call options and the use of put-call parity in understanding the relationships among various positions. Examines the cases of insured equity, interest rate caps and floors, callable and extendable... View Details
Keywords: Stock Options
Perold, Andre F., and Wai Lee. "Options and Put-Call Parity." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-129, March 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Options Exercises and Note on Options, Teaching Note
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Stock Options
- March 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Supplement
Richard Grasso and the NYSE, Inc. (B)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Richard Grasso and the NYSE, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-088, March 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
- April 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Option Valuation
For every option, a fair price has to be established. But how do you actually price an option? Assuming a basic knowledge of options, this note covers two pricing methods: the binominal tree and the Black-Scholes/Merton formula. View Details
Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Note on Option Valuation." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-106, April 2005. (Revised February 2006.)
- November 2016 (Revised November 2016)
- Supplement
The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies
By: W. Carl Kester
- November 1984
- Background Note
Black-Scholes Option Pricing Program for the HP 12C Calculator
By: Andre F. Perold
Contains a program that can be used on the HP12C pocket calculator to compute the Black-Scholes option price and the associated hedge ratio. The program must be given the following parameters: the exercise price, the risk-free rate, the time to expiration, and the... View Details
Perold, Andre F. "Black-Scholes Option Pricing Program for the HP 12C Calculator." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-057, November 1984.
- March 2002
- Teaching Note
Akamai's Underwater Options (A) and (B) TN
By: Brian J. Hall and Jonathan Lim
Teaching Note for (9-902-069) and (9-902-195). View Details