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- November 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Background Note
A Note on Capital Cash Flow Valuation
Presents the capital cash flow method for valuing risky cash flows. In this method cash flows are calculated to include the benefits of interest tax shields. In a capital structure, with just ordinary debt and common equity, capital cash flows equal the flows available...
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Ruback, Richard S. "A Note on Capital Cash Flow Valuation." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-069, November 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- November 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
MW Petroleum Corporation (A)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman, Peter Tufano and Barbara Wall
Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties at different stages of engineering, development, and production. The proposed acquisition is a large one for...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business Subsidiaries;
Mining;
Cash Flow;
Stock Options;
Financing and Loans;
Price;
Negotiation;
Production;
Valuation;
Mining Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., Peter Tufano, and Barbara Wall. "MW Petroleum Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 295-029, November 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- September 1994 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (Consolidated) (A)
By: Nitin Nohria, Bharat N. Anand and Kyle F. Barnett
Describes the conditions leading to the acquisition of Cross and Trecker by Gidding & Lewis.
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Nohria, Nitin, Bharat N. Anand, and Kyle F. Barnett. "Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (Consolidated) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 495-018, September 1994. (Revised August 2006.)
- August 1994
- Case
Intuit, Inc.
The merger of two computer software firms with very rapidly growing non-overlapping products makes great strategic sense, but presents difficult valuation and accounting problems. How can a firm pay $225 million to acquire another firm with negligible current earnings,...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Applications and Software;
Accounting;
Financial Strategy;
Goodwill Accounting;
Corporate Finance;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Intuit, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-028, August 1994.
- May 1994 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
Shawmut National Corporation's Merger with Bank of Boston Corporation (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Presents the merger negotiations between Bank of Boston (BOB) and Shawmut National Corp. (SNC), two of the country's largest bank holding companies and requires students to value BOB's current offer for SNC. Provides an overview of recent events and trends in the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Banks and Banking;
Ethics;
Negotiation;
Valuation;
Management;
Banking Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C. "Shawmut National Corporation's Merger with Bank of Boston Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 294-119, May 1994. (Revised November 1995.)
- January 1994 (Revised July 2000)
- Exercise
Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds--Duration Analysis
Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction.
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds--Duration Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 294-038, January 1994. (Revised July 2000.)
- January 1994 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
By: Dwight B. Crane and W. James Whalen
Early in 1993, Sears was in the process of spinning off its Dean Witter, Discover subsidiary. This subsidiary consisted of a securities brokerage that was acquired in 1981 and also the Discover Card, a general purpose credit card, the firm introduced in 1985. The key...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Business Subsidiaries;
Initial Public Offering;
Credit Cards;
Corporate Strategy;
Asset Pricing;
Financial Services Industry
Crane, Dwight B., and W. James Whalen. "Dean Witter, Discover & Co." Harvard Business School Case 294-046, January 1994. (Revised June 1994.)
- January 1994 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Aberlyn Capital Management: July 1993
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Aberlyn Capital Management, a venture leasing firm specializing in providing capital to biotechnology firms, proposes to introduce a new product. Aberlyn will base a lease on an intangible product: the patent of a biotechnology firm. This poses a series of short and...
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Valuation;
Product Launch;
Problems and Challenges;
Patents;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Services Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "Aberlyn Capital Management: July 1993." Harvard Business School Case 294-083, January 1994. (Revised November 1997.)
- January 1994
- Case
National Convenience Stores, Inc.
By: Steven R. Fenster, Stuart C. Gilson and Roy Burstin
National Convenience Stores seeks to emerge from Chapter 11. Central to the nature of the reorganization plan is the company's determining enterprise value. The various constituencies (secured debt, unsecured debt, etc.) will seek to find an enterprise value that...
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Keywords:
Capital Structure;
Valuation;
Restructuring;
Strategic Planning;
Borrowing and Debt;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Texas
Fenster, Steven R., Stuart C. Gilson, and Roy Burstin. "National Convenience Stores, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 294-068, January 1994.
- November 1993 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Continental Airlines--1992 (Abridged)
By: Stuart C. Gilson
The CEO is preparing a recommendation to the board regarding several potential outside investments in the company, which is currently operating in bankruptcy. In making his decision, the CEO has to consider various financial and strategic factors, including possible...
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Keywords:
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Cost of Capital;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Investment;
Taxation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Valuation;
Aerospace Industry;
United States
Gilson, Stuart C. "Continental Airlines--1992 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 294-058, November 1993. (Revised April 2007.)
- October 1993 (Revised February 1995)
- Case
MCI Vision (A) (Condensed)
Concerns the development, introduction, and first-year sales performance of Vision, a telecommunications service aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. Introduced in 1990, Vision surpassed goals in that year, but was significantly below target in the first...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Marketing Strategy;
Product;
Sales;
Competitive Strategy;
Valuation
Cespedes, Frank V. "MCI Vision (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 594-057, October 1993. (Revised February 1995.)
- September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Pricing and Public Policy
Surveys a number of essential issues related to pricing and public policy in market economies. Begins with a brief review of the price-determination process in competitive markets, then examines a range of topics involving pricing and public policy in monopoly and...
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Keywords:
Price;
Business Strategy;
Policy;
Valuation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Competition;
Economic Systems;
Monopoly;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Cost
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Pricing and Public Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-027, September 1993. (Revised December 1993.)
- May 1993 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
PepsiCo Bottling in Mexico
By: Kenneth A. Froot
This case describes Pepsico's program to restructure its Mexican bottling network. It wants to work with existing bottlers and find an organizational arrangement that will allow the bottlers to grow and change with the Mexican soft drink industry.
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Keywords:
Bottling;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Joint Ventures;
Multinational Firms and Management;
International Finance;
Valuation;
Programs;
Organizational Design;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mexico
Froot, Kenneth A. "PepsiCo Bottling in Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 293-137, May 1993. (Revised June 2004.)
- January 1993 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package
By: Peter Tufano
Details a thinly disguised situation faced by a recent Harvard MBA graduate who was forced by a prospective employer to place a dollar value on a grant of stock options. There are two objectives: 1) Serves as an introduction to option valuation, in which students have...
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Tufano, Peter, and Michael Lewittes. "Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package." Harvard Business School Case 293-053, January 1993. (Revised August 2003.)
- October 1992 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation (A): March 1991
By: Josh Lerner
ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp., a development-stage biotechnology company, is considering making an initial offering of common stock. The diverse perspectives of the entrepreneur, venture capitalist, investment banker, and institutional investor are explored. Problems...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Banks and Banking;
Initial Public Offering;
Going Public;
Perspective;
Valuation;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Lerner, Josh. "ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation (A): March 1991." Harvard Business School Case 293-066, October 1992. (Revised November 1997.)
- March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Thermo Electron Corp.
George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company has developed an unusual corporate structure in which subsidiaries fund new ventures by raising debt and equity in...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Resource Allocation;
Valuation;
Organizational Structure;
Business Headquarters;
Initial Public Offering;
Capital Structure;
Capital Markets;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Semiconductor Industry;
Technology Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Thermo Electron Corp." Harvard Business School Case 292-104, March 1992. (Revised June 1992.)
- February 1992 (Revised July 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Cross-Border Valuation
By: W. Carl Kester and Julia Morley
Provides a fundamental technical review of valuation techniques used to assess cross-border investments. Discusses the discounting of free cash flows with a weighted average cost of capital, the use of adjusted present value, and the importance of considering real...
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Kester, W. Carl, and Julia Morley. "Note on Cross-Border Valuation." Harvard Business School Background Note 292-084, February 1992. (Revised July 1992.)
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Congoleum Corporation (Abridged) TN
Teaching Note for (9-287-029).
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- November 1991 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Pressco, Inc.--1985
A capital budgeting problem is viewed from the context of a marketing representative attempting to make a sale of energy saving heavy industrial equipment. Tax law changes promise to have a significant impact on the customer's decision process. Teaching purpose: To...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Machinery and Machining;
Valuation;
Taxation;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Cost vs Benefits;
Inflation and Deflation;
Cost Management;
Product Marketing;
North and Central America
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1985." Harvard Business School Case 292-085, November 1991. (Revised December 1996.)