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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 1986 (Revised August 2015)

  Advanced Medical Technology Corporation

  Thomas R. Piper and Steven Rogers

  A loan officer must decide whether to lend $8 million to a rapidly growing high technology company. The company has had a series of relationships with three other banks. Reports from loan officers at these banks are mixed and raise questions as to the ease with which a relationship would proceed. The full range of issues must be considered in evaluating the credit worthiness (character, collateral, capacity, conditions, pricing). The loan officer must also determine how much weight to place on a comfort letter from a major pharmaceutical firm.

  Keywords: Decision Making; Commercial Banking; Financing and Loans; Financial Condition; Technology Industry;

  Citation:

  Piper, Thomas R., and Steven Rogers. "Advanced Medical Technology Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 287-028, October 1986. (Revised August 2015.)  View Details

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | November 2010 (Revised May 2012)

  Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health

  Thomas R. Piper

  The case provides students with (1) an understanding of the essence of long-term financial health; (2) familiarity with the calculation and meaning of various financial ratios; and (3) an understanding of the influence of a company's operating and competitive characteristics on its investment in various type assets, on the profitability of these investments, and on the financial structure of its balance sheet. The case also allows a discussion of (1) the incomplete and lagging nature of financial measures; (2) the influence of financial measures on behavior; and (3) the reality that financial analysis often results in better, more focused questions to be asked of management, not conclusive answers.

  Keywords: Financial Condition; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return; Operations; Competitive Strategy;

  Citation:

  Piper, Thomas R. "Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health." Harvard Business School Background Note 911-412, November 2010. (Revised May 2012.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | February 1986 (Revised September 2011)

  Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (A)

  Describes a major conflict within Apple Computer in 1985 over control of product distribution. The founder and chairman, Steve Jobs, proposed a new distribution process which would transfer many responsibilities away from distribution manager, Donna Dubinsky. Dubinsky believed, however, that this process would be practically and financially unworkable. Presents her defensive and unsuccessful conflict management, culminating in her threatened resignation. May be used with Debi Coleman and Apple Computer, Inc.

  Keywords: Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Computer Industry; United States;

  Citation:

  Jick, Todd D., and Mary C. Gentile. "Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 486-083, February 1986. (Revised September 2011.)  View Details

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