Class Meeting Days |
Topics
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Projects
and other Deadlines
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Class 1
September 6 |
Porter Analysis, Corporate Strategy and Valuation
The interdependence of marketing/ management/ production decisions from the point of view of a project/firm value maximizing manager
Slides |
Form your groups |
Class 2
September 13 |
How Marketing Strategy can be improved/monitored through Modified Dupont
Guest lecturer: Prof. Chiagouris
Slides |
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Class 3
September 20 |
Case Analysis: TJX vs Nordstrom
Group exercise: Pick two or more firms and analyze their volume/margin strategies with respect to their Dupont ratios
Slides |
Palepu, Healy and Bernard, Chapter 5
Case: Nordstrom vs. TJX |
Class 4
September 27 |
Capital Structure and Stockholder Incentives
Slides |
Chapter 16, "Bankruptcy Costs and Debtholder-Equityholder Conflicts" in Grinblatt and Titman (2001)
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Class 5
October 04 |
Capital Structure and Product Quality
Capital Structure and Hiring Policy
Library Resources -- workshop with Sarah Burns
in Room 200A in the Library at 3:20 pm
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Chapter 17, “Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy” in Grinblatt and Titman (2001) |
Class 6
October 11 |
Capital Structure and Pricing Decisions
Capital Structure and Bargaining
Slides |
Chapter 17, “Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy” in Grinblatt and Titman (2001)
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Class 7
October 18 |
Capital Structure and Competitive Strategy
Capital Structure and Location Decisions
Slides
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"Caterpillar Workers Ratify Deal They Dislike," New York Times, Aug. 18, 2012. (In Media Articles) |
Class 8
October 25 |
Midterm
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Class 9
November 1 |
Capital Structure and Entrepreneurship
Guest Lecturer: Casey Frid |
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Class 10
November 8 |
Group Presentation
Risk Management -- Introduction and Tools
Slides |
Regression; Hedging Techniques – Options, Futures, Forwards;
Bodie, Merton and Cleeton, Chaps. 10 and 11
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Class 11
November 15 |
Hedging and Improved Planning for Future Capital Needs
Hedging and Improved Management Compensation Design
Slides |
Chapter 21: Risk Management and Corporate Strategy in Grinblatt and Titman (2001) |
Class 12
November 29 |
Risk Management and the Firm
Hedging and Reduction of Financial Distress Costs
Slides |
Chapter 16: Risk Management in Nonbank Corporations in Crouhy, Galai and Mark (2001)
“A Framework For Risk Management,” by Kenneth Froot, David Scharfstein and Jeremy Stein in HBR (1994)
Chapters 3 and 4: A Firm-Wide Approach to Risk Management in Rene Stulz, Risk Management and Derivatives |
Class 13
December 6 |
Risk Management: Case
Group Presentations
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Risk Management at Apache, HBS case 9-201-113; write-up due before class by email. |
Class 14
December 13 |
Final Exam |
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