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- February 2007 (Revised April 2010)
- Teaching Note
Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can Be Had" (TN)
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Stocks
- February 1987 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Arley Merchandise Corporation
Involves the initial public offering of a firm's stock. The offering includes a money-back guarantee to investors from the issuing firm which comes in the form of a "put" option. Option valuation is thus an important issue in this case. View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Stocks; Cases; Valuation; Stock Options; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Service Industry
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Arley Merchandise Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 287-063, February 1987. (Revised March 2006.)
- November 1999 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Seitel, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
The company's accounting for its seismic data library is questioned. Teaching Purpose: Inventory accounting. View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Financial Statements; Business Earnings; Financial Reporting; Stock Options; Mathematical Methods; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Seitel, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 100-022, November 1999. (Revised June 2001.)
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
presentations, office hours with mentors, networking sessions, company tours, and workshops. In return, NeuroLaunch receives stock in the companies it assists. The culmination is a “demo day,” when its portfolio companies join other... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- Article
Dividend Decisions and Earnings
By: Paul M. Healy and Franco Modigliani
Healy, Paul M., and Franco Modigliani. "Dividend Decisions and Earnings." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 5, no. 1 (Winter 1990): 3–26.
- February 2004 (Revised February 2004)
- Supplement
Dividend Policy at Linear Technology
By: Malcolm P. Baker
Spreadsheet to (9-204-066). Download only. View Details
- 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.
- January 1995
- Case
Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The
By: W. Carl Kester
A closed-end mutual fund's decision to study option trading provides an opportunity to study the profit profile and pricing of multiple option investment strategies (e.g., buy a call, buy a put, write a call, buy stock-write call, etc.). This case is designed to... View Details
Kester, W. Carl. "Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The." Harvard Business School Case 295-096, January 1995.
- Article
Trading Imbalances and the Law of One Price
By: Mark Seasholes and Clark Liu
We study trading and prices of Chinese (mainland)/Hong Kong dual-listed shares. Relative prices can diverge by a factor of two and exhibit significant variation over time. Order imbalances explain contemporaneous changes in relative prices at daily and weekly... View Details
Keywords: Law Of One Price; Cross-listings; Order Imbalances; Stock Shares; Price; Balance and Stability; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Hong Kong; China
Seasholes, Mark, and Clark Liu. "Trading Imbalances and the Law of One Price." Economics Letters 112, no. 1 (July 2011): 132–134.
- November 1994 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
National Electric Corporation
By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
A company meets financial analysis year-end earnings per share estimates, which have been progressively lowered during the year. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Norman Bartczak. "National Electric Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 195-159, November 1994. (Revised April 2012.)
- February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Teaching Note
Circuits, Inc. TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note for (9-100-013). View Details
- 1997
- Chapter
Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later." In Les Prix Nobel 1997, edited by Tore Frängsmyr. Stockholm: Nobel Foundation, 1997. (Reprinted in American Economic Review, June 1998.)
- March 1973
- Article
The Relationship between Put and Call Option Prices: Comment
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "The Relationship between Put and Call Option Prices: Comment." Journal of Finance 28, no. 1 (March 1973): 183–184.
- November 2019
- Case
Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and W. Carl Kester. "Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 220-043, November 2019.
- February 2016
- Supplement
Alibaba Goes Public (B)
Update on Alibaba Group's share price performance and related events in the year following its September 2014 IPO. View Details
Keywords: Dual-class Share Structure; Alibaba; IPOs; VIE; Initial Public Offering; Corporate Governance; Performance; Stock Shares; United States
Palepu, Krishna, Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C. Y. Wang, and David Lane. "Alibaba Goes Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-031, February 2016.
- October 2013 (Revised May 2014)
- Supplement
The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal, Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
A proxy battle between a Canadian firm and a US hedge fund over a proposal to unify the firm's dual class share structure. View Details
- winter 1982
- Article
The Conoco Takeover and Stockholder Returns
By: R. S. Ruback
Ruback, R. S. "The Conoco Takeover and Stockholder Returns." MIT Sloan Management Review 23, no. 2 (winter 1982): 13–33.
- November 2007 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
British Land
By: Lucy White
British Land's shares traded below NAV. Laxey investments tried to force British Land into share buybacks and criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Valuation; Property; Investment; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Industry; London
White, Lucy. "British Land." Harvard Business School Case 208-064, November 2007. (Revised June 2016.)