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- December 1987 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
- December 1987 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
- November 1987 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Actmedia, Inc.
- October 1987 (Revised January 2013)
- Background Note
Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models
Explores some of the issues involved in valuing cash flow streams. A simple model is presented that reveals the effect on value of changing assumptions about the appropriate discount rate, the level of profitability, the growth rate of sales, the asset intensity ratio,... View Details
- October 1987 (Revised June 1989)
- Case
Imperial Distributors, Inc. (B)
- September 1987
- Background Note
What Do Venture Capitalists Do?
Presents the results derived from 49 responses to a questionnaire mailed to 100 venture capitalists in late 1984. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the relationship between venture capitalists and their portfolio companies. The survey revealed that the... View Details
- August 1987 (Revised September 1988)
- Case
Sarah Jenks-Daly
- August 1987 (Revised June 1989)
- Background Note
Note on Financial Contracting: ""Deals""
Describes the issues involved in designing and evaluating financial contracts between users and suppliers of capital and between companies and employees. A simple conceptual framework is introduced and some critical issues addressed: 1) How is cash allocated? 2) How is... View Details
- August 1987 (Revised December 1998)
- Background Note
Capital Market Myopia
Focuses attention on a phenomenon we call capital market myopia, a situation in which participants in the capital markets ignore the logical implications of their individual investment decisions. Viewed in isolation, each decision seems to make sense. When taken... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets
- July 1987 (Revised October 2009)
- Background Note
A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method"
By: William A. Sahlman and Daniel R Scherlis
Describes a method for valuing high-risk, long-term investments such as those confronting venture capitalists. The method entails forecasting a future value (e.g., five years from the present) and discounting that terminal value back to the present by applying a high... View Details
- July 1987 (Revised August 1997)
- Course Overview Note
Entrepreneurial Finance: Course Introduction
Designed to introduce students in Entrepreneurial Finance to the subject matter and modus operandi of the course. Also included is an annotated bibliography. View Details
- July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis
The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of... View Details
- June 1987 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Carolina Power & Light Co.: Customer and Operating Services Group
- June 1987
- Teaching Note
Cox Cable (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry
- 01 Jun 1987
- Conference Presentation
Group Decision Support Systems: Determinants of Success
By: D. Vogel, J. F. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and B. R. Konsynski
- May 1987 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Westinghouse Electric Corp. (A)
- May 1987 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Westinghouse Electric Corp. (B): Control House
Keywords: Electronics Industry
- spring 1987
- Article
Facilitating Group Creativity: Experience with a Group Decision Support System
By: J. Nunamaker, L. M. Applegate and B. Konsynski