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Reference no. 9-605-081
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Ananth Raman (Harvard Business School); Vishal Gaur (Harvard Business School); Saravanan Kesavan (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2005
Version: 25 October 2006
Length: 19 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Inventory; Stocks; Earnings; Investments; Valuation; Supply chain management
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Abstract

Examines the decision of a hedge fund manager who is considering investing in a retail stock. The protagonist is concerned about the retailer's inventory level. Explores the relationship between the retailer's inventory and future earnings - and, hence, the relationship between inventory level and stock price.
Industry:
Finance & insurance
Other setting(s):
2005
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-609-006
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Ananth Raman (Harvard Business School); Vishal Gaur (Harvard Business School); Saravanan Kesavan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2008
Version: 18 September 2009
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract

Examines the decision of a hedge fund manager who is considering investing in a retail stock. The protagonist is concerned about the retailer's inventory level. Explores the relationship between the retailer's inventory and future earnings - and, hence, the relationship between inventory level and stock price.

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Industry:
Finance & insurance
Other setting(s):
2005

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-609-006
Subject category: Production and Operations Management
Authors: Ananth Raman (Harvard Business School); Vishal Gaur (Harvard Business School); Saravanan Kesavan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2008
Version: 18 September 2009
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details