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- October 1998 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Amazon.com--Going Public
By: William A. Sahlman and Laurence E. Katz
Amazon.com, an early pioneer in electronic commerce, prepares its initial public offering in the face of turbulent market conditions. Joy Covey, Amazon.com's CFO and the case protagonist, discusses the risks and opportunities of going public and the nature of...
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Keywords:
Going Public;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Model;
Financial Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Electronics Industry;
Retail Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Laurence E. Katz. "Amazon.com--Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 899-003, October 1998. (Revised August 1999.)
- Summer 1998
- Article
A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions
By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein
Keywords:
Catastrophe Risk;
Corporate Finance;
Cost Of Capital;
Banking And Insurance;
Asset Pricing;
Hedging;
Banking;
Decision Choice And Uncertainty;
Financial Markets;
Insurance;
Policy;
Risk Management;
Natural Disasters;
Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., and J. Stein. "A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions." Bank of America Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 11, no. 2 (Summer 1998): 59–69.
- May 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Biopure Corp.
It is early 1998 and Biopure Corp., a small biopharmaceutical firm with no sales revenues in its ten-year history, has just received government approval to release Oxyglobin, a revolutionary new "blood substitute" designed to replace the need for donated animal blood...
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Keywords:
Segmentation;
Marketing Strategy;
Engineering;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Sales;
Transformation;
Markets;
Debates;
Product Launch;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Gourville, John T. "Biopure Corp." Harvard Business School Case 598-150, May 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- April 1998
- Case
Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Analyzes the decisions of Niall Carroll, an Irish banker, to start a venture capital fund focused on Ireland. The context of the Irish markets and the nature of Irish opportunities are explored.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Markets;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financial Services Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together." Harvard Business School Case 298-001, April 1998.
- April 1998 (Revised May 2001)
- Supplement
Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Lori A. Flees and Mathew M Millett
Eight days after CSX announced it was going to buy Consolidated Rail (Conrail) for $88.65 per share, Norfolk Southern made a hostile $100 per share bid for Conrail. Over the next several months, the potential acquirers upped their bids while exchanging criticism in the...
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Keywords:
Law;
Valuation;
Rail Transportation;
Bids and Bidding;
Governance Controls;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Rail Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., Lori A. Flees, and Mathew M Millett. "Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (B), The." Harvard Business School Supplement 298-095, April 1998. (Revised May 2001.)
- March 1998
- Case
Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Located in Mundelein, IL, Thermo-Impact, Inc. is a rapidly growing, private firm that manufactures automotive bumpers. In 1995, a number of large automotive supply companies and a private equity investment firm offer to buy Thermo-Impact. The cases in this series focus...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Valuation;
Negotiation Participants;
Decision Making;
Negotiation Process;
Entrepreneurship;
Negotiation Offer;
Acquisition;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Illinois
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Bumper Acquisition (A2), A: Confidential Information for Medallion Capital, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-199, March 1998.
- March 1998
- Article
The Nature of Diversified Business Groups: A Research Design and Two Case Studies
By: P. Ghemawat and Tarun Khanna
Ghemawat, P., and Tarun Khanna. "The Nature of Diversified Business Groups: A Research Design and Two Case Studies." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 1 (March 1998): 35–61.
- February 1998 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Burma Pipeline, The
By: Debora L. Spar and Lane LaMure
In 1996, Unocal Corp. joined forces with the French Total company to construct an ambitious natural gas pipeline from the Andaman Sea across the southern tip of Burma and into Thailand. At an estimated cost of $1.2 billion, the pipeline was designed to bring sorely...
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Keywords:
Political Risk;
Risk Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Energy Industry;
Asia
Spar, Debora L., and Lane LaMure. "Burma Pipeline, The." Harvard Business School Case 798-078, February 1998. (Revised March 2000.)
- January 1998
- Article
Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach
By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein
Keywords:
Catastrophe Risk;
Corporate Finance;
Cost Of Capital;
Banking And Insurance;
Asset Pricing;
Hedging;
Banking;
Decision Choice And Uncertainty;
Financial Markets;
Insurance;
Policy;
Risk Management;
Natural Disasters;
Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., and J. Stein. "Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach." Journal of Financial Economics 47, no. 1 (January 1998): 55–82. (Winner of Journal of Financial Economics. Jensen Prize. First Place For the best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the areas of corporate finance and organizations. Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 5403, January 1996 and HBS Working Paper 96-030, December 1995.)
- 1998
- Article
The Nature of Trust and Its Impact on Relationship Management Activities
By: Joseph P. Cannon, Greg Gundlach and Das Narayandas
- December 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Mid Ocean Limited: Trading Catastrophe Index Options
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Markus Mullarkey
An insurance industry executive must evaluate the potential of a set of newly-offered catastrophe insurance derivatives. The background addresses the roles of traditional reinsurance and securitization efforts in providing risk transfer and risk financing in the "cat"...
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Keywords:
Commodity Market;
Derivatives;
Insurance;
Capital Markets;
Natural Disasters;
Risk Management;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Performance Evaluation;
Insurance Industry;
Bermuda
Froot, Kenneth A., and Markus Mullarkey. "Mid Ocean Limited: Trading Catastrophe Index Options." Harvard Business School Case 298-073, December 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Interactive Minds (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Internet and the Web;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financing and Loans;
Business Startups;
Consulting Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Christina L. Darwall. "Interactive Minds (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-072, November 1997. (Revised October 2000.)
- Fall 1997
- Article
Little Machines in Their Gardens: A History of School Gardens in America, 1891 to 1920
By: Brian Trelstad
“Little Machines in their Gardens: A History of School Gardens in America, 1891 to 1920” explores the rise and decline of the school garden movement in the United States. The paper first documents the early history of the gardens and establishes them as a national...
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Trelstad, Brian. "Little Machines in Their Gardens: A History of School Gardens in America, 1891 to 1920." Landscape Journal 16, no. 2 (Fall 1997): 161–173.
- August 1997
- Case
Natural Blends, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Ramchandran Jaikumar and Karen Krause
Describes the continuous flow process used to generate orange juice concentrate. Production involves several tightly coupled process steps with varying production rates and setup times. Given production constraints and customer requirements, management choices must be...
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Productivity
Bowen, H. Kent, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and Karen Krause. "Natural Blends, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-012, August 1997.
- August 1997
- Supplement
Natural Blends, Inc., Analysis
By: H. Kent Bowen, Ramchandran Jaikumar and Karen Krause
Designed to be used after Natural Blends, Inc.
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Bowen, H. Kent, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and Karen Krause. "Natural Blends, Inc., Analysis." Harvard Business School Supplement 698-013, August 1997.
- July 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
USAA: Catastrophe Risk Financing
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Mark Seasholes
Describes the first major risk financing using catastrophe bonds. Provides a basis for discussing the securitization of insurance risks.
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Insurance;
Capital Markets;
Natural Disasters;
Risk Management;
Bonds;
Insurance Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Froot, Kenneth A., and Mark Seasholes. "USAA: Catastrophe Risk Financing." Harvard Business School Case 298-007, July 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
- July 1997
- Article
The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?
By: Brian Trelstad
This analysis of the Presidio Trust legislation places the recent developments on the Presidio in the context of a century and a half of environmental planning. By first exploring the Presidio's history, and then tracing the more recent legislative background to the...
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Keywords:
Presidio;
Presidio Trust;
National Parks;
Urban Parks;
Public-private Management;
Natural Environment;
Urban Scope;
Planning
Trelstad, Brian. "The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?" Urban Ecosystems 1, no. 3 (July 1997): 135–153.
- February 1997
- Case
Great Mississippi Flood of 1993
By: David A. Moss and Julie Rosenbaum
Moss, David A., and Julie Rosenbaum. "Great Mississippi Flood of 1993." Harvard Business School Case 797-097, February 1997.
- January 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Background Note
Note on Money and Monetary Policy
By: David A. Moss and Wyatt C. Wells
Offers a brief overview of economic thinking about the nature of money and about how the central bank can affect the economy through monetary policy.
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Keywords:
Sovereign Finance;
Government Administration;
Policy;
Central Banking;
Money;
Inflation and Deflation;
Financial Crisis
Moss, David A., and Wyatt C. Wells. "Note on Money and Monetary Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-094, January 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
- 1997
- Chapter
Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship
By: Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde