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Banking and Empire in Iran
By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the first of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its development...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
International Relations;
Business History;
Economic History;
Political History;
War;
Iran;
Russia;
Great Britain
Jones, Geoffrey. Banking and Empire in Iran. Vol. 1, History of the British Bank of the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
- October 27, 1986
- Article
Why Dollar Bashing Doesn't Work
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
Keywords:
Finance
Luehrman, Timothy A., and W. Carl Kester. "Why Dollar Bashing Doesn't Work." Fortune (October 27, 1986), 137–138.
- October 1986 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Congoleum Corp. (Abridged)
Describes the development and terms of the largest leveraged buyout up to the date of the case. The main problem is to value the positions of the various participants: lenders, equity holders, investment bankers, and management. This is an abridged version of an...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Management;
Negotiation Participants;
Valuation
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Congoleum Corp. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 287-029, October 1986. (Revised February 2008.)
- October 1986 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Advanced Medical Technology Corporation
By: 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...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Commercial Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Condition;
Technology Industry
Piper, Thomas R., and Steven Rogers. "Advanced Medical Technology Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 287-028, October 1986. (Revised August 2015.)
- October 1986
- Case
World Bank and the Debt Crisis
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "World Bank and the Debt Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 587-086, October 1986.
- October 1986 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Becton Dickinson & Co.: VACUTAINER Systems Division
Concerns negotiations between managers of Becton Dickinson's (BD) VACUTAINER division (which manufactures and sells blood collection products) and managers of a large hospital buying group. Recent changes in the health care industry are the background for the...
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Keywords:
Distribution;
Negotiation Participants;
Negotiation Process;
Price;
Sales;
Manufacturing Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Cespedes, Frank V. "Becton Dickinson & Co.: VACUTAINER Systems Division." Harvard Business School Case 587-085, October 1986. (Revised November 1989.)
- September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Pressco, Inc.--1984
A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations.
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Keywords:
Machinery and Machining;
Valuation;
Product Positioning;
Performance Evaluation;
Taxation;
Price;
United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 287-025, September 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
- September 1986 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Kodak must decide whether to make a major investment in a production facility designed around a new technique for producing the gelatin critical to so many film and paper products. Currently, gelatin making is an arcane art, unchanged in 150 years and heavily dependent...
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Keywords:
Arts;
Buildings and Facilities;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Experience and Expertise;
Engineering;
Investment;
Time Management;
Production;
Research and Development;
Semiconductor Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak." Harvard Business School Case 687-020, September 1986. (Revised February 2007.)
- September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Bids and Bidding;
Opportunities;
Business Subsidiaries;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Equity;
Electronics Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Harry Gruner. "Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 287-023, September 1986. (Revised July 2001.)
- 1986
- Other Unpublished Work
Currency Values in a Continuous Time Capital Asset Pricing Model Driven by Asset Supplies
By: K. A. Froot
- August 1986 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Mike Finkelstein (B)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Charles Bryan and Ken Leet
Following his successful turnaround of WTXX, Waterbury, Mike Finkelstein joined Odyssey Partners with a mandate to build a communications company. From 1982-1985, he acquired three more stations, financing each as an independent partnership. However, increasing...
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Keywords:
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Cash;
Business or Company Management;
Bonds;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Alignment;
Acquisition;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Communications Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Charles Bryan, and Ken Leet. "Mike Finkelstein (B)." Harvard Business School Case 287-021, August 1986. (Revised May 2005.)
- August 1986
- Background Note
Note on Equity Trading
By: Andre F. Perold
Keywords:
Equity
Perold, Andre F. "Note on Equity Trading." Harvard Business School Background Note 287-019, August 1986.
- August 1986
- Case
IBM International Investment Management
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "IBM International Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 287-009, August 1986.
- August 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 287-008, August 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- July 1986 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Nippon-WTI Ltd.
By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson
A Japanese joint venture between a U.S. parent and a Japanese parent has proposed that 100% of the U.S. parent's product be produced in Japan rather than the 40% currently being manufactured there. This would require the U.S. parent to give up a dollar profit earned on...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Profit;
Product;
Production;
Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Asia;
Japan;
United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Glynn Ferguson. "Nippon-WTI Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 287-006, July 1986. (Revised July 1991.)
- July 1986
- Article
Inflation, Uncertainty and Investment
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and R. S. Ruback
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and R. S. Ruback. "Inflation, Uncertainty and Investment." Journal of Finance 41, no. 3 (July 1986): 657–668.
- June 1986
- Case
Premier Furniture Co.
By: Thomas R. Piper
A credit analyst for a furniture manufacturer is confronted with two customers who have exceeded their credit limits. The financial performance of each has been weak, and one of the customers has a highly leveraged balance sheet. Industry conditions are weak; the...
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Piper, Thomas R. "Premier Furniture Co." Harvard Business School Case 286-130, June 1986.