Publications

Teaching Note for (9-293-084). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

May 1995 (Revised October 1995)
Background Note

Introduction to Cash Flow Valuation Methods

Provides an introduction to three cash flow valuation methods. The three methods differ in their measure of cash flows and the discount rate applied to those cash flows. The names for the three methods correspond to the type of cash flow that is used in the valuation:... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Valuation

January 1992
Teaching Note

MCI Communications Corporation (1983) TN

Teaching Note for (9-284-057). View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Debt Securities; Risk and Uncertainty; Monopoly; Communications Industry

April 1991 (Revised December 1997)
Case

Southland Corp. (A)

Examines the Thompson's $4.9 billion leveraged buyout of the Southland Corp. in 1987. As the original founders of Southland, the Thompsons were concerned about losing control over the company upon learning of the Belzberg family's acquiring interest. The teaching... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Governance Controls; Corporate Governance; Bids and Bidding; Valuation; Forecasting and Prediction; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategy; Cash Flow

March 1989 (Revised February 1998)
Teaching Note

Marriott Corp.: The Cost of Capital, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-298-101). View Details

Keywords: Cost of Capital; Accommodations Industry

March 1989 (Revised January 1992)
Teaching Note

Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc., Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-289-045). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

October 2007 (Revised December 2011)
Supplement

HCA, Inc. (B)

June 2001
Supplement

Merck & Company: Evaluating a Drug Licensing Opportunity

Spreadsheet to (9-201-023). Download only. View Details

October 2000
Supplement

Tree Values

February 1996 (Revised September 1996)
Case

Chrysler Takeover Attempt, The

By: Richard S. Ruback and William DeWitt

On April 12, 1995, Kirk Kerkorian made an unsolicited offer to buy the outstanding shares of Chrysler Corp. This case analyzes the proposed deal and addresses the key contextual elements contributing to the takeover attempt. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Acquisition; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; United States

June 2024
Supplement

Zeswitz Music (B)

Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: In July of 2013, Randy Shayler (HBS, 2012) acquired Zeswitz Music, a musical instrument rental company based in Reading,... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Revenue; Marketing; Music Industry; Retail Industry

June 2024
Supplement

Legacy Partners (A)

Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Stephen Holbrook and Austin Pulsipher (both HBS '19) had been leading Nutrishare since acquiring the company six months earlier in mid-2021.... View Details

May 2024
Supplement

gWorks (A)

In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by... View Details

May 2024
Supplement

Forest Park Capital (A)

During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, Betsy Harbison formed the search fund Forest Park Capital with the intention of purchasing a small business. The case conveys the details of Betsy’s final decision at the terminus of her search, between a software company... View Details

Keywords: Search Fund; Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition; Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Tourism Industry; Web Services Industry; North America; Missouri

September 2024
Supplement

National Public Broadcasting (A)

Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. View Details

May 2022
Case

What's Next

Is there a typical long-term career path for people who become entrepreneurs through acquisition? What choices do searchers and investors make subsequent to their first search? The former searchers profiled here identified five common longer-term career paths and... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Investment Portfolio; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry

June 2020
Case

gWorks

In January of 2019, Joe Heieck (HBS '14), CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size of gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Finance