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- January 2003
- Case
Exchange Rate Policy at the Monetary Authority of Singapore
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is responsible for the country's monetary policy, and its decisions are intended to support the country's overall strategy for sustainable economic growth with price stability. MAS has been very successful in managing exchange... View Details
- November 2002 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Circles: Series D Financing
By: Paul W. Marshall and Kristin Lieb
Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan... View Details
- November 2002
- Background Note
Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
This case considers the alternative financing mechanisms for film financing, the evolution of film finance in the United States, and the nature of tax-motivated film financing in the United States and around the world. It develops the strategy driving motion picture... View Details
- July 2002 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
WellSpace Treatment Centers for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Jun HuangPu and Bing Lin
How should WellSpace, a venture capital-backed purveyor of alternative health services, expand? Although it was nearing breakeven in its first location, the right business model remained unclear. View Details
- March 2002
- Case
2002 Global Coffee Summit: Searching for Solutions
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Global coffee leaders gathered in 2002 to develop alternative market-based approaches that would ensure a sustainable supply of coffee and address the social and ecological issues confronted by a global depression in coffee prices. View Details
- March 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Akamai's Underwater Options (A)
By: Brian J. Hall, Houston Lane and Jonathan Lim
Akamai's stock price declines dramatically with the NASDAQ in 2000, causing virtually all employee options to go underwater. Ownership and retention incentives are largely destroyed, and employee morale falls sharply. Management weighs the pros and cons of various... View Details
- February 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Endeca Technologies (A)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide among two term sheets raising the same amount of badly needed money for his young software company. One deal is led by insiders and, is offered at a lower price. It continues a board that has worked very well and... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised August 2006)
- Background Note
New Venture Financing
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the various alternative financing alternatives available to new ventures. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
- December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Delays at Logan Airport
By: V.G. Narayanan and George Batta
Logan Airport is facing mounting delays for flights landings and takeoffs, especially in inclement weather. An additional runway and peak-period pricing are two alternatives being considered. View Details
- October 2001
- Supplement
R&R
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Amy Blitz
Outlines alternative mechanisms for getting into business. Shows the means by which an experienced entrepreneur can gain control over the necessary resources to lower the fixed costs of business entry. Provides a mechanism for discussing the role of experience,... View Details
- July 2001 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Medicines Company, The
It is early 2001 and the Medicines Co. just received FDA approval to market Angiomax, a blood thinner to be used during angioplasties and heart procedures. It is intended to be a better alternative to Heparin, an 80-year-old drug that costs less then $10 per dose. The... View Details
- November 2000
- Case
FireDrop
By: William A. Sahlman and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the evolution of FireDrop, a new venture-backed company that has developed a new platform for e-mail communication. The FireDrop application--called a Zaplet--allows for e-mails to be continually updated so they are current when read (rather than when sent).... View Details
- October 2000
- Case
Tree Values
By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Describes two alternative tree cutting strategies. The first is to cut all trees that are at least 12 inches in diameter at breast height. The second is to thin the forest by cutting less desirable trees immediately and harvesting the crop trees later. The case... View Details
- July 2000
- Case
Aerospace Technologies, Inc.
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Ben Galil's privately held engineering consulting firm represents aerospace products manufacturers in Israeli government biddings. The company incurs expenses for years before getting paid. This case deals with the alternative methods for booking revenues and expenses... View Details
- December 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Background Note
Pricing and Market Making on the Internet
By: Robert J. Dolan and Youngme E. Moon
Considers the impact of the Internet on how market exchanges will take place. Discusses the role of shopping agents and alternatives to fixed prices such as negotiations, auctions, and exchanges. View Details
- November 1999
- Case
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)
By: Andre F. Perold
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a... View Details
- September 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Charles Schwab Corporation (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Nicole Tempest
A look at the industrial restructuring in the brokerage industry made possible by e-commerce. Focuses the student's attention on the decision alternatives facing Charles Schwab, one of the industry leaders in January 1998. In a word, the challenge is "Do they slash... View Details
- April 1999
- Case
General Property Trust
By: Peter Tufano
In 1994 General Property Trust, an Australian property investment trust, was anticipating future cash needs beyond those that the Trust could fund with internal cash flows. The managers of the Trust were considering a novel financing structure whereby it would sell... View Details
- October 1998 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Preview Travel (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Nicole Tempest, Daniel H Case III and Robert Keller
Preview Travel was a leader in the online travel industry, having generated $80 million in bookings in 1997 and growing at a 34% compound annual growth rate per quarter. This case describes the evolution of Preview Travel's business plan and financing strategy and... View Details
- August 1998
- Case
General Motors Corp. (D),The : 1993-1996
By: Peter Tufano
The fourth in a four-part series, the case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This case describes the set of financial decisions taken by the firm as its business recovered, and focuses on an immediate decision faced by... View Details