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- 1 Aug 2010
- Conference Presentation
Real Options and Modularity
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Real Options Exercises (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for [208045].
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- 25 May 2017
- News
The Trouble with Optionality
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
on the form of the plan, and they rarely examine the available alternatives. Often, they aren't even aware that alternatives exist. But such a laissez-faire approach, as I've seen over and over again, can lead to disaster. The way options...
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by Brian Hall
- December 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Supplement
DoubleClick, Inc.: Additional Paid-in-CapitalStock Options
By: David F. Hawkins
Income statement and balance sheet consequences of DoubleClick adoption of the fair value method to account for stock options.
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- October 2001 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A)
The footnote disclosure for eBay, Inc. in 2000 indicates that if the company had accounted for employee stock options under the fair value method, its reported profit of $48 million would have been a loss of $91 million. The protagonist is a prospective member of the...
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Bradshaw, Mark T. "eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 102-038, October 2001. (Revised November 2005.)
- December 2000
- Case
Stock Options at Virtua.Net
By: Brian J. Hall, Noam T. Wasserman and Carleen Madigan
Describes issues facing three young founders of a high-tech start-up in Silicon Valley, including hiring an experienced CEO and negotiating with a potential VC investor. Focuses on the incentive and compensation aspects of negotiating with job candidates (e.g., what...
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Venture Capital;
Stock Options;
Executive Compensation;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Negotiation
Hall, Brian J., Noam T. Wasserman, and Carleen Madigan. "Stock Options at Virtua.Net." Harvard Business School Case 801-324, December 2000.
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
It is fascinating to observe pundit after pundit come down strongly on the side of expensing stock options in the reported financial statements, as if that were the silver bullet for combating corporate malfeasance and resolving all our...
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by William Sahlman
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
Nextel Partners: Put Option (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for [207-128]
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- 15 May 2017
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Options at HBS
eyes to various paths available to reach my goals and instilled in me the importance of making a positive difference in the lives of people around me in any job I end up pursuing. 2. There are many resources available to help you explore new career View Details
- December 2002
- Article
Expensing Options Solves Nothing
Sahlman, William A. "Expensing Options Solves Nothing." Harvard Business Review 80, no. 12 (December 2002): 90–96.
- 13 Mar 2022
- News
Optimizing the Online Option
- January 1996 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Tennessee Valley Authority: Option Purchase Agreements
By: Peter Tufano
James Cross, VP of customer planning at the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major supplier of electric power in the Southeast United States, is considering meeting its incremental capacity needs by creating new financial contracts, Option Purchase Agreements (OPAs) to...
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Risk and Uncertainty;
Risk Management;
Energy Generation;
Corporate Finance;
Energy Industry;
United States
Tufano, Peter, and Cameron Poetzscher. "Tennessee Valley Authority: Option Purchase Agreements." Harvard Business School Case 296-038, January 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
- November 2015
- Article
Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry
By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
We examine how reducing search frictions in secondary markets affects the value appropriated by firms in primary markets. We characterize two effects on primary market firms caused by intermediaries entering secondary markets: the "cannibalization" and "option value"...
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Cannibalization Effect;
Option Value Effect;
Secondary Markets;
Concert Industry;
Craigslist;
Competition;
Distribution Channels;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu. "Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 11 (November 2015): 1599–1614.
- Research Summary
Real Options and Financial Decisions Under Uncertainty
Marc L. Bertoneche is developing material relevant to the business world in this field. He is particularly interested in applying the Real Option approach to Brand Valuation.
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- May 17, 2000
- Article
New Stock Option Rules
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "New Stock Option Rules." Accounting Bulletin, no. 87 (May 17, 2000).
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
We Don't Need a Public Option
- January 2021
- Case
Latinos and the MBA Option
By: José B. Alvarez, Lulu Curiel and Eric Calderon
Alvarez, José B., Lulu Curiel, and Eric Calderon. "Latinos and the MBA Option." Harvard Business School Case 521-051, January 2021.