Publications

11 Jun 2012
Other Presentation

Working Group on Cross-Sectoral Leadership

23 Mar 2012
Other Presentation

Working Group on Cross-Sectoral Leadership

March 2012 (Revised March 2016)
Supplement

Stone Container Corporation (A) (CW)

February 2012 (Revised April 2017)
Case

Maxum Petroleum, Inc.

Keywords: Energy Industry

24 Jul 2009
Lecture

Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Keywords: Financial Crisis

March 2009 (Revised September 2010)
Case

HOYA Corporation (A)

By: W. Carl Kester and Masako Egawa

In 2007, HOYA of Japan must decide whether to change its friendly exchange offer for Pentax into a hostile cash tender offer. A surprising sequence of events had caused a friendly merger agreement to fall apart, resulting in a boardroom coup at Pentax and the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Tactics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Japan

March 2009
Supplement

HOYA Corporation (B)

By: W. Carl Kester and Masako Egawa

HOYA Corporation (B) provides details on the decisions made and the outcome of the situations described in the HOYA Corporation (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Finance; Outcome or Result

2009
Simulation

Finance Simulation: M&A in Wine Country (Facilitator's Guide)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman, W. Carl Kester and Heide Diener Abelli

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Valuation; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

2009
Simulation

Finance Simulation: M&A in Wine Country: No. 3289.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester

In this simulation, students play the role of CEO at one of three publicly-traded wine producers: Starshine, Bel Vino, or International Beverage. Each player evaluates merger and/or acquisition opportunities among the three companies and then determines reservation... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Valuation; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

20 Jul 2007
Keynote Speech

The New Activist Investors: Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Takeovers

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change

14 Jul 2006
Lecture

A Japanese M&A Wave?

Keywords: Japan

February 2006
Case

Fraikin SA

By: W. Carl Kester, Vincent Marie Dessain and Monika Stachowiak

Provides an example of a so-called "whole business" securitization. In early 2004, Fraikin, France's leading industrial vehicle rental company, compares several alternatives for refinancing a large bridge loan within a year. Presents three primary options: a classic... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Transportation; Renting or Rental; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; France