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- 24 Sep 1992
- Lecture
Capital Choices: Changing the Way America Invests in Industry
By: W. Carl Kester
- September–October 1992
- Article
Capital Disadvantage: America's Falling Capital Investment System
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Capital Disadvantage: America's Falling Capital Investment System." Harvard Business Review 70, no. 5 (September–October 1992).
- August 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Compania de Telefonos de Chile
By: W. Carl Kester, Enrique Ostale and Charles McHugh La Follette
The newly privatized Chilean telephone company, Compania de Telefonos de Chile (CTC) must raise substantial new funds externally in order to finance its expansion program. This task is complicated by Chile's small, illiquid capital markets and the skeptical view of...
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Keywords:
Capital Markets;
Financing and Loans;
Managerial Roles;
Privatization;
Expansion;
Telecommunications Industry;
South America;
Chile
Kester, W. Carl, Enrique Ostale, and Charles McHugh La Follette. "Compania de Telefonos de Chile." Harvard Business School Case 293-015, August 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- summer 1992
- Article
What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "What Makes You Think U.S. Capital Is So Expensive?" Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 29–41.
- June 1992 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
RJR Nabisco Holdings Capital Corp.--1991
By: Peter Tufano
An investment manager notices a large apparent discrepancy in the prices of two nearly-identical bonds issued in conjunction with a major leveraged buyout. The manager must figure out whether the instruments are mispriced relative to one another, and if so, how to...
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Tufano, Peter. "RJR Nabisco Holdings Capital Corp.--1991." Harvard Business School Case 292-129, June 1992. (Revised June 1995.)
- summer 1992
- Article
Capabilities and Capital Investment: New Perspectives on Capital Budgeting
By: C. Y. Baldwin and K. B. Clark
Baldwin, C. Y., and K. B. Clark. "Capabilities and Capital Investment: New Perspectives on Capital Budgeting." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 67–82.
- summer 1992
- Article
Capital Choices: Changing the Way America Invests in Industry
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords:
Change;
Business Ventures;
Investment;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Capital;
United States
Porter, M. E. "Capital Choices: Changing the Way America Invests in Industry." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 4–16.
- summer 1992
- Article
Cross-country Differences in the Cost of Capital: A Survey and Evaluation of Recent Empirical Studies
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "Cross-country Differences in the Cost of Capital: A Survey and Evaluation of Recent Empirical Studies." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 29–41.
- May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System
By: Robert L. Simons
Describes the computer-based information system (ABACUS) used to monitor and control business operations in a complex, global company. Describes the technical attributes of the database system, financial reporting requirements, target setting and profit calculations on...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Profit;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Design;
Accounting Audits;
Growth and Development;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Complexity;
Technology Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Asea Brown Boveri: The ABACUS System." Harvard Business School Case 192-140, May 1992. (Revised January 2000.)
- 11 May 1992 - 13 May 1992
- Lecture
Have Japanese Corporations Made Good Use of Their Low Cost of Capital?
By: W. Carl Kester
- May–June 1992
- Article
The Myth of Japan's Low-cost Capital
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "The Myth of Japan's Low-cost Capital." Harvard Business Review 70, no. 3 (May–June 1992): 130–138.
- April 1992 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Poland--1989
By: Debora L. Spar
Describes the political and economic situation in Poland in 1989, following the country's first democratic elections and the subsequent establishment of a Solidarity-led government. After examining the legacies left by 40 years of Communist rule, the case lays out the...
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Spar, Debora L. "Poland--1989." Harvard Business School Case 792-091, April 1992. (Revised September 1993.)
- March 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Lada do Brasil
By: James E. Austin and Helen Shapiro
In an effort to capitalize on the entrepreneurial opportunity presented by the Brazilian government's trade liberalization, a Panamanian automobile trading company launched a business of importing the Russian made Lada cars into Brazil. The company confronts a complex...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Transformation;
Economics;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Capital;
Policy;
Competition;
Auto Industry;
Brazil
Austin, James E., and Helen Shapiro. "Lada do Brasil." Harvard Business School Case 392-122, March 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Thermo Electron Corp.
George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company has developed an unusual corporate structure in which subsidiaries fund new ventures by raising debt and equity in...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Resource Allocation;
Valuation;
Organizational Structure;
Business Headquarters;
Initial Public Offering;
Capital Structure;
Capital Markets;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Semiconductor Industry;
Technology Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Thermo Electron Corp." Harvard Business School Case 292-104, March 1992. (Revised June 1992.)
- February 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Intel Corp.--1992
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Intel Corp., the world's dominant designer and manufacturer of microprocessors (the "brains" of the personal computer), has accumulated a large amount of cash (net of debt). Furthermore, it expects to continue to accumulate cash at an unprecedented rate. Has the...
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Keywords:
Dividends;
Financial Management;
Competition;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Cash;
Technological Innovation;
Capital Structure;
Investment Return;
Equity;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Semiconductor Industry;
United States
Froot, Kenneth A. "Intel Corp.--1992." Harvard Business School Case 292-106, February 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- February 1992 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A)
The Southern Co., an electric utility, is planning its compliance with the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Act established a system of tradeable permits for sulfur dioxide emissions. The company must decide whether to install pollution control equipment and...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Business Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Management;
Strategic Planning;
Investment Return;
Government Legislation;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-060, February 1992. (Revised April 1993.)
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Communications Satellite Corporation TN
Teaching Note for (9-276-195).
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- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Pioneer Petroleum Corporation TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-292-011).
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- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Super Project, The (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-112-034).
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