Publications

November 2011
Teaching Note

Pacific Grove Spice Company (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

Teaching Note for Product Number 4366. View Details

Keywords: Capital Expenditures; Investments; Acquisitions; Securities Analysis; Valuation; Investment; Acquisition; Capital Budgeting

November 2011
Supplement

Pacific Grove Spice Company, Faculty Spreadsheet (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

Keywords: Valuation

November 2011
Supplement

Pacific Grove Spice Company, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

Keywords: Valuation

February 2011 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Braddock Industries, Inc.

This case examines the drivers of economic value creation for shareholders, and how these drivers are reflected in various incentive compensation programs for management. The case also looks at how the economic performance of business units can be evaluated using... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Investment; Executive Compensation; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Evaluation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Value Creation

February 2011 (Revised April 2012)
Teaching Note

Braddock Industries, Inc. (TN)

Teaching Note for 211061. View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Economics; Business Units; Performance Evaluation

February 2011
Case

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

This case allows instructors to explore shareholder value creation and transfer opportunities in merger and acquisition transactions. It also invites an examination of corporate governance issues surrounding CEO compensation. This case is quite brief (a total of 4... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation

February 2011 (Revised May 2012)
Teaching Note

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (TN)

Teaching Note for 211-067. View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Opportunities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Balance and Stability; Manufacturing Industry

August 2010
Case

Flash Memory, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson

The CFO of Flash Memory, Inc. prepares the company's investing and financing plans for the next three years. Flash Memory is a small firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of solid state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for the computer and electronics... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting; Financial Management; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; United States

August 2010
Teaching Note

Flash Memory, Inc. (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

Teaching Note for 4230. View Details

Keywords: Forecasting; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting

August 2010
Supplement

Flash Memory, Inc., Faculty Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

Keywords: Forecasting; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting

August 2010
Supplement

Flash Memory, Inc., Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Craig Stephenson

February 2010
Case

Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap

This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It also explores how credit default swaps work, and how trade creditors are treated under U.S. bankruptcy law. Finally it... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management; Auto Industry; United States

February 2010
Teaching Note

Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap (TN)

Teaching Note for [210056]. View Details

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Cost of Capital; United States

November 2009
Teaching Note

Nike, Inc.--Entering the Millennium (TN)

Teaching Note for 299084. View Details

April 2009 (Revised March 2010)
Background Note

Restructuring Distressed Companies -- Cross-National Comparisons

This note describes briefly bankruptcy regimes and out of court restructuring in 5 countries, the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Japan. View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Laws and Statutes

March 2009 (Revised February 2011)
Teaching Note

State Street Corporation (TN)

Teaching Note for [209112]. View Details