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- February 2013 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
Project Sun Devil and Project Paris
Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital...
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Keywords:
General Management;
Financial Analysis;
Return On Assets;
Accounting;
Performance Measurement;
Financial Ratios;
Return On Equity;
Financial Statements;
Profitability Analysis;
Portfolio Investment;
Portfolio Management;
Real Estate;
Property;
Investment Portfolio;
Investment Return;
Real Estate Industry;
United States
Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Project Sun Devil and Project Paris." Harvard Business School Case 213-078, February 2013. (Revised June 2017.)
- February 1993 (Revised December 1994)
- Exercise
Corporate Financial Management: Options Exercises
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case presents four exercises designed to introduce students to applications of option pricing and decision-tree analysis to real corporate investment problems. Two of the four problems involve decision trees and two involve option pricing. Students should be...
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Luehrman, Timothy A. "Corporate Financial Management: Options Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 293-095, February 1993. (Revised December 1994.)
- April 2010
- Case
Jones Electrical Distribution
By: Thomas R. Piper and Jeffrey DeVolder
Jones Electrical Distribution is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed and assess the attractiveness of the loan to the...
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Keywords:
Financial Analysis;
Forecasting;
Financing;
Bank Loans;
Growth Management;
Cash Flow;
Financing and Loans;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Distribution Industry
Piper, Thomas R., and Jeffrey DeVolder. "Jones Electrical Distribution." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-179, April 2010.
- June 2001 (Revised August 2005)
- Background Note
A Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Discusses the conceptual framework for financial reporting as set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Discusses the objectives of financial statements, assumptions of financial accounting, characteristics of accounting information, accounting principles for...
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Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "A Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-118, June 2001. (Revised August 2005.)
- 2009
- Book
Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950
By: Aldo Musacchio
In Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals significantly different patterns of...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Investment;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business History;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- 2019
- White Paper
Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy
By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed...
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Keywords:
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
IWAI;
Background;
Economic Systems;
Economy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Financial Statements
Serafeim, George, T. Robert Zochowski, and Jennifer Downing. "Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy." White Paper, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2019.
- September 2023
- Module Note
Live Case Exercise for Financial Reporting
By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
Harvard Business School employs the case method as a cornerstone of its pedagogy, providing students with opportunities to engage in discussions related to difficult or contentious decisions confronted by real-world organizations. In this “live case,” we depart from...
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- September 1997 (Revised February 2000)
- Exercise
Exercises in Option Pricing and Real Option Analysis
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Contains five problems, one each on basic option pricing, abandonment value, the value of waiting to invest, contingent claims analysis (equity as a call option), and strategic decision making in an option framework. The goal is for students to recognize option value...
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- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash...
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- July 1979
- Article
Spectral Analysis of Stock Market Prices
By: Marc L Bertoneche
Bertoneche, Marc L. "Spectral Analysis of Stock Market Prices." Journal of Banking & Finance 3, no. 2 (July 1979).
- June 2014 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Busse Place (B): Hannah's Dilemma
By: Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
Marisa Sanchez, a new Associate at Douglas Private Equity Advisors, confronts a dilemma when she is asked by a Senior Vice President (SVP) to do due diligence on a deal he wants to bring before the investment committee which will include the SVP, Douglas' owner and...
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
Financial Analysis;
Property;
Finance;
Analysis;
Ethics;
Real Estate Industry;
United States
Segel, Arthur I., and John H. Vogel, Jr. "Busse Place (B): Hannah's Dilemma." Harvard Business School Supplement 214-104, June 2014. (Revised May 2020.)
- December 2011
- Teaching Note
Bergerac Systems: The Challenge of Backward Integration (Brief Case)
By: David A. Garvin and Sunru Yong
Teaching Note for Product # 4381
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- January 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Teaching Note
Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Math (Brief Case)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Teaching Note to 3215
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- May 1991
- Background Note
Interpretation and Analysis of Stockholders' Equity
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Interpretation and Analysis of Stockholders' Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-143, May 1991.
- Research Summary
Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 (BOOK)
In my first book manuscript, Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals... View Details
- April 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
By: Paul Healy and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In June 2012, Cheah Cheng-Hye and his colleagues at Value Partners, a Hong-Kong-based investment firm, received a copy of a short-seller report alleging that Evergrande, one of China's largest property developers, was using fraudulent accounting and paying bribes to...
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Keywords:
Financial Analysis;
Value Investing;
China;
Asset Management;
Crime and Corruption;
Financial Services Industry;
China
Healy, Paul, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation." Harvard Business School Case 113-113, April 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- December 2007
- Article
Applying Modern Risk Management to Equity and Credit Analysis
By: Robert C. Merton
Traditional conventions of accounting and actuarial science distort the valuation of capital risk in corporations with pension plans because under these conventions, pension assets and liabilities are not included in balance sheet calculations. The modern risk...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Valuation;
Financial Reporting;
Decision Making;
Credit;
Financial Statements;
Capital;
Equity;
Compensation and Benefits
Merton, Robert C. "Applying Modern Risk Management to Equity and Credit Analysis." CFA Institute Conference Proceedings Quarterly 24 (December 2007): 14–22.
- September 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Patrimonio Hoy: A Financial Perspective
By: Arthur I Segel, Michael Chu and Gustavo A. Herrero
Patrimonio Hoy, a program targeting the housing needs of low-income families launched by CEMEX, a major Mexican corporation and a leading global cement company, has gone from a market research project to a highly visible initiative in 22 cities and has earned public...
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Keywords:
Diversification;
Housing;
Income;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Emerging Markets;
Finance;
Mexico
Segel, Arthur I., Michael Chu, and Gustavo A. Herrero. "Patrimonio Hoy: A Financial Perspective." Harvard Business School Case 207-059, September 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- July 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Dragonfly Corporation
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Jim Sharpe
After 3 years of losses and under legal threats from their landlord, a husband and wife team are faced with shutting the company down, buying time with the landlord or turning to their parents for additional funds. Despite opening a new location and seeing that sales...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Turnarounds;
Bankruptcy;
Bank Loan;
Crisis Management;
Family Business;
Retail Trade;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Analysis;
Entrepreneurship;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Retail Industry;
United States
Stevenson, Howard H., and Jim Sharpe. "Dragonfly Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 813-042, July 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
- June 2015
- Case
The Valuation and Financing of Lady M Confections
By: Mihir A. Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This case explores the decision-making process that small, private businesses must undertake when considering an expansion and when selling equity to outside investors. In the process, students are asked to complete two exercises: a break-even analysis and a valuation...
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Keywords:
Lady M;
Bakery;
Foodservice Industry;
Breakeven Analysis;
Restaurant Industry;
Forecasting;
Forecast;
Financial Analysis;
Borrowing and Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Equity;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Finance;
Food;
Valuation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Desai, Mihir A., and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "The Valuation and Financing of Lady M Confections." Harvard Business School Case 215-047, June 2015.