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May 2002 (Revised December 2003)
Teaching Note

Whirlpool Europe, TN

Teaching Note for (9-202-017). View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Europe

September 2001 (Revised December 2003)
Case

Eskimo Pie Corporation (Abridged)

In early 1991, Reynolds Metals, the makers of aluminum products, decided to sell its holding of Eskimo Pie, a marketer of branded frozen novelties. Reynolds had an offer from Nestle to acquire Eskimo Pie. However, Reynolds decided instead to make an initial public... View Details

Keywords: Food; Initial Public Offering; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Business Divisions; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry

April 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Teaching Note

Radio One Inc. TN

Teaching Note for (9-201-025). View Details

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry; North Carolina; Georgia (state, US); Indiana; United States

October 2000 (Revised May 2002)
Supplement

Radio One Inc.

November 1991 (Revised December 1993)
Case

Southland Corp. (C)

Examines pre-packaged bankruptcy of Southland. View Details

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy

March 1989 (Revised April 1990)
Teaching Note

Interest Rate Exercises, Teaching Note

Keywords: Interest Rates

August 2004
Class Lecture

Know Your Worth: Critical Valuations That Work

Keywords: Valuation

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January 2001
Supplement

Pharmacyclics: Financing Research and Development

Spreadsheet to (9-201-056). Presents exhibits 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11. Download only. View Details

October 2023
Case

Social Finance: Driving Accountability

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti

Social Finance is a Boston-based nonprofit that works at the intersection of finance and policy. It raises, allocates, and manages capital to fund projects in the areas of education, early childhood development, criminal justice, and health. The case explores how... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Training

May 2023
Case

Natural Gas in New England

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Gil Highet

Participants in the New England power market are exploring several strategies to meet the region's renewable power goals while also providing its residents with inexpensive and reliable electricity and heating fuel. New England was a first-mover into natural gas power... View Details

Keywords: Natural Gas; Energy; Energy Industry; United States; Massachusetts

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

market-type dispersion by decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. Placing the Normative Logics of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 1992
Teaching Note

Congoleum Corporation (Abridged) TN

Teaching Note for (9-287-029). View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Valuation; Equity; Manufacturing Industry

January 1992
Teaching Note

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1983) TN

Teaching Note for (9-284-047). View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Equity; Value; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Telecommunications Industry

March 1989 (Revised April 1990)
Exercise

Interest Rate Exercises

Keywords: Interest Rates

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October 2007 (Revised August 2008)
Case

DW Healthcare Partners

Keywords: Health Industry

August 2000 (Revised January 2003)
Teaching Note

Health Development Corporation TN

Teaching Note for (9-200-049). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Boston

December 2022
Case

Managing Pain in the Midst of an Opioid Epidemic

By: Joshua D. Coval, Richard S. Ruback and Christopher Diak