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- January 1980 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
New Balance Athletic Shoes
By: Kim B. Clark
Faced with growth exceeding 100% per year, James Davis, president of New Balance, must decide how to meet the need for additional capacity. Several factors contribute to a climate of extreme uncertainty. Several options are considered, ranging from a second shift to...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financial Strategy;
Information;
Growth Management;
Organizational Design;
Performance Capacity;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Clark, Kim B. "New Balance Athletic Shoes." Harvard Business School Case 680-110, January 1980. (Revised April 1994.)
- May 1979 (Revised August 2013)
- Background Note
Financial Analysis of Real Property Investments
Develops a conceptual framework for financial analysis of real estate investments, taking into consideration the necessity for baseline data, project trends, and forecast discontinuities.
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Investment Return;
Trends;
Real Estate Industry;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J. "Financial Analysis of Real Property Investments." Harvard Business School Background Note 379-193, May 1979. (Revised August 2013.)
- April 1979 (Revised October 1983)
- Case
U.S. Securities Industry in 1979
Porter, Michael E. "U.S. Securities Industry in 1979." Harvard Business School Case 379-190, April 1979. (Revised October 1983.)
- December 1978 (Revised December 1985)
- Case
Citibank in Zaire
By: James E. Austin
Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
International Finance;
Banking Industry;
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Austin, James E. "Citibank in Zaire." Harvard Business School Case 379-077, December 1978. (Revised December 1985.)
- autumn 1976
- Article
A Study of Interest Rate Spreads in the 1974 CD Market
By: D. B. Crane
Crane, D. B. "A Study of Interest Rate Spreads in the 1974 CD Market." Journal of Bank Research 7, no. 3 (autumn 1976).
- September 1976 (Revised January 1977)
- Case
Del Norte Paper Co. (C)
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...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
International Relations;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Goals and Objectives;
Service Delivery;
Business Subsidiaries;
Performance Evaluation;
Performance Expectations;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Del Norte Paper Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 177-036, September 1976. (Revised January 1977.)
- January 1976
- Case
Weightman, Lawson & Frank (The Underwriting Decision)
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Weightman, Lawson & Frank (The Underwriting Decision)." Harvard Business School Case 276-159, January 1976.
- December 1975
- Case
St. Joseph Bank & Trust Co.
By: Stephen A. Greyser and John A. Quelch
Greyser, Stephen A., and John A. Quelch. "St. Joseph Bank & Trust Co." Harvard Business School Case 576-113, December 1975.
- December 1975
- Supplement
E.F. Hutton and Co. (C)
Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "E.F. Hutton and Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 276-110, December 1975.
- November–December 1975
- Article
Lessons from the 1974 CD Market
By: D. B. Crane
Crane, D. B. "Lessons from the 1974 CD Market." Harvard Business Review 53, no. 6 (November–December 1975).
- October 1975
- Case
E.F. Hutton and Co. (B)
Keywords:
Financial Services Industry
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "E.F. Hutton and Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 276-109, October 1975.
- November 1974 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Science Technology Co.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The president of a medium-sized electronics company is evaluating the financial forecasts and proposed financing program submitted by the chief financial officer. The forecasts are prepared in constant dollars, on which basis the proposed financing plan seems...
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Keywords:
Currency;
Financial Strategy;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Inflation and Deflation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Outcome or Result;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Science Technology Co." Harvard Business School Case 275-058, November 1974. (Revised May 1994.)
- March 1974 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
First National City Bank Operating Group (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Growth in demands on the bank's "back office" required a totally new approach to management. New stress on systems orientation, objectives, measurement, process design and control has resulted in lower costs, fewer people, and higher quality. Also resulted in fear,...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transition;
Banks and Banking;
Management Practices and Processes;
Managerial Roles;
Production;
Outcome or Result;
Banking Industry
Lorsch, Jay W. "First National City Bank Operating Group (B)." Harvard Business School Case 474-166, March 1974. (Revised June 1995.)
- March 1974 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
First National City Bank Operating Group (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Growth in the banking field has produced new demands on the "back office." Traditional management practices in check processing and paper handling operations have resulted in ten years of cost increases and quality loss. New manager of the operating group faces an...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transition;
Banks and Banking;
Management Practices and Processes;
Managerial Roles;
Production;
Banking Industry
Lorsch, Jay W. "First National City Bank Operating Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 474-165, March 1974. (Revised June 1996.)
- December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Plowman Poultry Farm
A poultry farmer wanted to expand production greatly and sought a large extension of his line of credit from his bank in addition to his existing loan on which he had not made payment. The Board of Directors must review a detailed account of events leading to this...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Expansion;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financing and Loans;
Commercial Banking;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Plowman Poultry Farm." Harvard Business School Case 262-003, December 1961. (Revised January 1994.)
- Forthcoming
- Article
Improving Customer Compatibility with Tradeoff Transparency
By: Ryan W. Buell and MoonSoo Choi
Through a large-scale field experiment with 393,036 customers considering opening a credit card account with a nationwide retail bank, we investigate how providing transparency into an offering’s tradeoffs affects subsequent rates of customer acquisition and long-run...
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Keywords:
Transparency;
Customer Selection;
Customer Compatibility;
Retention;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Communications;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Banking Industry;
Australia
Buell, Ryan W., and MoonSoo Choi. "Improving Customer Compatibility with Tradeoff Transparency." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online May 8, 2024.)
- Teaching Interest
Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)
By: Shawn A. Cole
This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details
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JUE Insight: Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network
By: Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We use data from Reserve Bank of India to study the impact of India's Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on finance-dependent activity. Loan volumes increase by 20-30% in districts along GQ and are stronger in industries more dependent upon external finance....
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Keywords:
Highways;
Finance;
Development;
Infrastructure;
Banks and Banking;
Transportation Networks;
Financing and Loans;
Growth and Development;
India
Das, Abhiman, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "JUE Insight: Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network." Journal of Urban Economics (in press). (Pre-published online September 9, 2023.)