Publications

Keywords: Energy Industry

July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
Case

CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry

February 1984 (Revised September 1984)
Case

Priam Corp.

August 2015
Case

Raising Capital at BzzAgent (A)

September 2003 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Charles River Partnership XI

Describes a situation confronting the management of a highly successful venture capital firm in April 2002. The industry has changed materially since it raised a $1.2 billion dollar fund, and the partners must decide whether to scale back the size of the fund. View Details

Keywords: Management; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships

December 2001
Teaching Note

E Ink: Financing Growth TN

Teaching note for (9-800-252). View Details

September 1996
Background Note

Some Thoughts on Career Management

A view of career management for people interested in starting or playing a major role in an entrepreneurial venture is presented. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career

1999
Chapter

Why Sane People Shouldn't Serve on Public Boards

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards

1999
Chapter

Some Thoughts on Business Plans

Keywords: Business Plan

September 1976
Case

Del Norte Paper Co. (A)

Deals with a transfer pricing problem in a complex, international situation. A broad range of issues are present in the case, or are needed for a thorough case analysis. Such issues include: relevant costs; the appropriateness of profit centers; the appropriateness of... View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Cost Management; Business Divisions; Profit Sharing; Profit

October 1992 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Moser Glassworks

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

October 1992
Case

Quantum Orthopedics, Inc.

Keywords: Health Industry

September 1992
Case

Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market

First case in a series of six cases that follow the experience of a cable television company as it adjusts to the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the stock market in the late 1980s. In this case Don Jones, the company's founder and owner, sees the rise in public... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Financial Markets; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Wealth; Business Cycles; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

December 1991 (Revised November 1994)
Case

Rytex Co. (A)

July 1988
Case

Superior Wire (B)

Keywords: Industrial Products Industry

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

Keywords: Cash Flow; Valuation

February 1986 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Palladian Software

Keywords: Software; Information Technology Industry

January 1986 (Revised December 1986)
Case

Smartfood

Contains a description of a major financing decision confronting the management and advisors of Smartfood, Inc., a company which hopes to market a cheese flavored popcorn product. The primary pedagogic objective is to teach students about matching the financing plan... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Market Entry and Exit; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Management; Food and Beverage Industry

September 1985 (Revised January 1986)
Case

Peter Wendell

Contains a description of a decision confronting an employee of IBM in late 1981. Should he leave IBM to become head of a new venture capital fund which will specialize in technology investments? The case is designed to expose students to the nature of the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Valuation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry