EXPLORE THE WEB Chapter 1 www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_30/b3893001_mz001.htm
This is the link to the cover story in the July 26, 2004 issue of BusinessWeek pertaining
to Scott McNealy and Sun Microsystems. www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/icline.htm
This website describes the weather history of Galveston, Texas, the subject
of the minicase at the end of the chapter. http://synergypartners.typepad.com/weblog/2004/01/more_on_behavio.html
This website contains a weblog about the applications of behavioral decision
making to corporate finance. http://www.ssem.com/investigations/vioxx/fda_letter_to_merck.html
This site contains the warning letter that the FDA sent to Merck in 2001. Chapter 2 www.ebay.com
The website for eBay contains financial information about the firm, as well
as serving as a gateway to the firm’s transaction services. www.morganstanley.com
The website for Morgan Stanley has an interesting section where institutional
investors can view sample reports. www.palmone.com
The firm palmOne was formerly the hardware division of Palm, Inc. www.palmsource.com
The firm PalmSource was formerly the software division of Palm, Inc. Chapter 3 www.standishgroup.com
The Standish Group is a consulting firm that conducts studies on the capital
budgeting practices of various organizations, and posts summary updates of
its studies on its website. http://csdd.tufts.edu
The Center for the Study of Drug Development at Tufts University posts key
information associated with the development costs for new drugs. www.cbi.cgey.com/journal/issue3/features/makin
This site contains an article, “Making it Happen: The Value-producing
Supply Chain,” by G. Tyndall, C. Gopal, W. Partsch, and J. Kamauff discussing
examples of adjustment heuristics used by managers. Chapter 4 http://cbs.sportsline.com/nba/story/7298245
Example, illustrating use of “hot hand” concept in popular press. www.hs.ttu.edu/hdfs3390/hothand.htm with
link to www.hs.ttu.edu/hdfs3390/hh_hist.htm
Professor Alan Reifman’s sites devoted to the hot hand phenomenon in
professional sports as well as the history of the phenomenon. www.duke.edu/~charvey/Research/indexr.htm
Survey of perspective of chief financial officers in regard to equity premium
and volatility http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~charvey/Research/Professional_Materials/PM39_Expecations_of_equity.ppt
PowerPoint presentation summary of above survey results Chapter 5 www.fullerthaler.com/Strategies.html
The website for the money management firm Fuller & Thaler, whose funds
seek to exploit the winner-loser effect (Behavioral Value Fund) and post-earnings
announcement drift (Behavioral Growth Fund). www.dfaus.com
The website for Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), whose philosophy reflects
the views of efficient market theory, viewing size and book-to-market equity
as proxies for risk. www.nasdr.com
Search for SEC litigation release 17327, documenting the manner in which Credit
Suisse First Boston captured a portion of the value generated by initial underpricing. Chapter 6 www.adaptec.com
The website for Adaptec describes products and provides financial information
about the firm. www.autonation.com
The website for AutoNation provides a customer interface for customers to
purchase vehicles. www.psineteurope.de and www.multimap.com
Websites for PSINet Europe, PSINet being the subject of the minicase. Chapter 7 www.conedison.com
The website for utility firm Consolidated Edison, a firm discussed in the
chapter. www.czn.net
The website of Citizens Communications, formerly Citizens Utilities, a firm
discussed in the chapter. www.nipsco.nisource.com
The website for Nipsco, a firm discussed in the chapter. Chapter 8 www.pwcglobal.com/extweb/manissue.nsf/DocID/7A29251F8FD0742A852569B2001C0344
Article by Andreas Ohl,, 2000, “Issues and trends: FASB’s reversal
on options: A mask for bigger changes?,” PricewaterhouseCoopers. www.healthsouth.com
Website for the firm Healthsouth, updating its experiences from events in
2003. www.ey.com
Website for Ernst & Young. See www.ey.com/global/download.nsf/US/Restoring_Investor_Confidence:_The_Boards_Role/$file/RestoringInvestorConfidenceFortuneTurleyColvin.pdf
Ernst & Young Chairman and CEO, Jim Turley, discussed the critical role
of boards of directors in restoring investor confidence. Chapter 9 www.greatgame.com
The website for The Great Game of Business, an organization devoted to firms
using business processes developed by SRC. www.saic.com
The website for the firm SAIC. This firm operates using processes similar
to those used at SRC. The page www.saic.com/about/obm.html explains the firm’s
philosophy and history. www.sternstewart.com
The website for the consulting firm Stern-Stewart that advocates the use of
compensation systems that tie managerial rewards to how much more than the
cost of capital the firm earns. Chapter 10 www.viacom.com
The website for Viacom. www.timewarner.com
The website for Time Warner. www.sundayherald.com/42280
An article about H-P’s acquisition of Compaq Computer. Chapter 11 www.real-options.com
The website that supports the book Real Options, by Martha Amram and Nalin
Kulatilaka. www.cfo.com/article/1,5309,9860%7C%7CM%7C626,00.html?f=insidecfo
An insightful article about the use of real options in practice, that appeared
in CFO magazine. www.puc-rio.br/marco.ind/main.html
Website dedicated to the use of real options in the petroleum industry | 