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- October 1984 (Revised February 2007)
- Background Note
Introduction to Portfolio Theory
By: Andre F. Perold
Introductory note describing the basic building blocks of Markowitz's mean-variance portfolio theory.
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Perold, Andre F. "Introduction to Portfolio Theory." Harvard Business School Background Note 185-066, October 1984. (Revised February 2007.)
- September 1984
- Article
The Evolution of Market Risk in the U.S. Steel Industry and Implications for Required Rates of Return
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, J. J. Tribendis and J. P. Clark
Baldwin, Carliss Y., J. J. Tribendis, and J. P. Clark. "The Evolution of Market Risk in the U.S. Steel Industry and Implications for Required Rates of Return." Journal of Industrial Economics 32, no. 5 (September 1984).
- July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)
Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Going Public;
Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Investment Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Planning;
Corporate Finance;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)
- June 1984 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 184-194, June 1984. (Revised June 1987.)
- May 1984
- Article
Investment Banking: Commercial Banks' Inroads
By: Samuel Hayes
Hayes, Samuel. "Investment Banking: Commercial Banks' Inroads." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 69, no. 5 (May 1984): 50–60.
- April 1984
- Exercise
Present Value Investment Problems
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Present Value Investment Problems." Harvard Business School Exercise 184-182, April 1984.
- February 1984
- Background Note
Managing Capital Investment (B)
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Managing Capital Investment (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 284-049, February 1984.
- February 1984 (Revised February 1986)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide
By: W. Carl Kester, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr. and Stacy S. Dick
Disequilibrium in the $350 million TiO2 market has prompted Du Pont's Pigments Department to develop two strategies for competing in this market in the future. The growth strategy has a smaller internal rate of return than the alternative strategy due to large capital...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Projects;
Chemical Industry
Kester, W. Carl, Robert R. Glauber, David W. Mullins Jr., and Stacy S. Dick. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide." Harvard Business School Case 284-066, February 1984. (Revised February 1986.)
- February 1984
- Background Note
Managing Capital Investment (A)
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Managing Capital Investment (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 284-048, February 1984.
- February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Hedging Exercises, Teaching Note
By: David E. Bell
Keywords:
Investment Funds
- February 1984 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Golden Gate Bank Retirement Fund, Teaching Note
By: David E. Bell
Keywords:
Investment Funds
- January–February 1984
- Article
Manage Beyond Portfolio Analysis
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Roderick E. White
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Roderick E. White. "Manage Beyond Portfolio Analysis." Harvard Business Review 62, no. 1 (January–February 1984): 103–109.
- 1984
- Article
Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christine E. Bishop
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Christine E. Bishop. "Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy." Health Care Financing Review 5, no. 4 (1984).
- December 1983 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
Investment Partners 100
Keywords:
Investment
Poorvu, William J. "Investment Partners 100." Harvard Business School Case 384-173, December 1983. (Revised August 1986.)
- September 1983 (Revised October 1985)
- Case
Lehman Management Co., Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "Lehman Management Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 284-027, September 1983. (Revised October 1985.)
- September 1983 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Heather Evans
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Focuses on the efforts of Heather Evans, a second-year MBA student, and her attempts to start her own dress business. Examines the business plan and the process of acquiring control over the financial and human resources necessary to implement the plan.
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Investment;
Human Resources;
Strategic Planning;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Heather Evans." Harvard Business School Case 384-079, September 1983. (Revised July 1998.)
- May 1983 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan
Contains materials extracted from a business plan developed by the company in 1980. The purpose of the business plan was to raise $100,000 to finance the commencement of operations. The firm intended to provide analytical services to bond market traders. The product...
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Keywords:
Business Plan
Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan." Harvard Business School Case 283-073, May 1983. (Revised November 1987.)
- 1983
- Book
Competition in the Investment Banking Industry
By: Samuel Hayes, A. Michael Spence and David Van Praag Marks
Hayes, Samuel, A. Michael Spence, and David Van Praag Marks. Competition in the Investment Banking Industry. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983.
- October 1982 (Revised September 1988)
- Case
Steven B. Belkin
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Richard O. von Werssowetz
Steven Belkin, 26 years old and 2 1/2 years out of HBS, has decided to leave a group travel company he has run for the last year to start his own similar business. In the course of several months he has written a business plan, attracted several partners and employees,...
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Equity;
Investment;
Personal Finance;
Recruitment;
Resignation and Termination;
Failure;
Partners and Partnerships
Stevenson, Howard H., and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Steven B. Belkin." Harvard Business School Case 383-042, October 1982. (Revised September 1988.)
- June 1982
- Article
Optimal Sequential Investment When Capital is Not Readily Reversible
Keywords:
Capital
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Optimal Sequential Investment When Capital is Not Readily Reversible." Journal of Finance 37, no. 3 (June 1982).