Publications

Keywords: Service Industry

September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
Case

Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner

As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Bids and Bidding; Opportunities; Business Subsidiaries; Strategy; Valuation; Equity; Electronics Industry

July 1986
Article

Inflation, Uncertainty and Investment

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty

May 1985 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Comdisco, Inc.

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Rita J. Seymour

Comdisco, the largest independent dealer and lessor of computers and peripheral equipment, needs financing in order to match its market's growth of 20-30% per year. The company has access to two types of risk capital, but there are substantial costs and risks... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Computer Industry; Distribution Industry

April 1984
Case

Cathedral Bluffs

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

April 1984
Case

Chrysler Corp.--1980

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

April 1984 (Revised July 1986)
Case

MTA of New York

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

February 1984
Background Note

Managing Capital Investment (B)

February 1984
Background Note

Managing Capital Investment (A)

1984
Article

Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christine E. Bishop

Keywords: Health; Investment; Policy; Health Industry

July 1983
Background Note

Risk and Return in the Capital Markets

June 1983
Supplement

DeLorean Affair (C)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

June 1983
Case

DeLorean Affair (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

June 1983
Case

DeLorean Affair (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

May 1983
Article

The Resolution of Claims in Financial Distress - The Case of Massey Ferguson

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

Keywords: Finance

April 1983
Article

Productivity and Labor Unions: An Application of the Theory of Self-Enforcing Contracts

Keywords: Labor Unions; Contracts; Theory

June 1982
Article

Optimal Sequential Investment When Capital is Not Readily Reversible

Keywords: Capital

April 1982 (Revised August 1983)
Case

Massey-Ferguson--1981

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

February 1982 (Revised June 1990)
Case

Massey-Ferguson Ltd.—1980

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

Massey Ferguson began fiscal year 1981 in default on $2.5 billion of outstanding debt. The company's future depends on the ability of lenders, the governments of Canada and Ontario, and management, to agree on a refinancing plan. The case reviews Massey's performance... View Details

Keywords: Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Canada