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      • January 1989 (Revised October 1993)
      • Background Note

      Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Describes how to value an acquisition opportunity as a capital budgeting problem. Cash flows are discounted at the cost of capital and debt is deducted to value the equity capital of the target company. A key contribution of the note is the discussion of five methods... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Acquisition; Opportunities
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity." Harvard Business School Background Note 289-039, January 1989. (Revised October 1993.)
      • winter 1988
      • Article

      Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts

      By: Robert F. Bruner and Lynn S. Paine
      Management buyouts, which have played an important role in the recent wave of corporate restructurings, have been criticized from several directions. This article addresses the problems created by management's conflict of interest. As members of the buyout team,... View Details
      Keywords: Buyout; Ethical Decision Making; Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Ethics; Decision Making
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      Bruner, Robert F., and Lynn S. Paine. "Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts." California Management Review 30, no. 2 (winter 1988): 89–106.
      • November 1988 (Revised September 1991)
      • Case

      Simmons Japan Ltd.

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      Concerns the first leveraged buyout to occur in Japan. Analytic tasks include a valuation of the company and an assessment of its debt capacity. Also provides opportunities to discuss agency costs associated with alternative capital and equity ownership structures,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Cost; Equity; Production; Valuation; Japan; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Simmons Japan Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 289-001, November 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
      • August 1988 (Revised October 1994)
      • Exercise

      Exercises on the Value of Imperfect Information

      By: David E. Bell
      Keywords: Information
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      Bell, David E. "Exercises on the Value of Imperfect Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 189-048, August 1988. (Revised October 1994.)
      • July–August 1988
      • Article

      Corporate Raiders: Head'em Off at Value Gap

      By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
      Keywords: Value
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      Fruhan, W. E., Jr. "Corporate Raiders: Head'em Off at Value Gap." Harvard Business Review 66, no. 4 (July–August 1988).
      • May 1988 (Revised March 1990)
      • Case

      Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
      Describes the development of Matsushita's international operations and the building of its dominant competitive position in the consumer electronics industry. Picks up the major challenges facing the company in 1987 as both its product focus and geographic posture are... View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Product Positioning; Problems and Challenges; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Value; Electronics Industry
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. "Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987." Harvard Business School Case 388-144, May 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
      • February 1988 (Revised July 1990)
      • Background Note

      Adding Value at the Top: A Perspective on the General Manager's Job

      By: Malcolm S. Salter and Howard H. Stevenson
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      Salter, Malcolm S., and Howard H. Stevenson. "Adding Value at the Top: A Perspective on the General Manager's Job." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-089, February 1988. (Revised July 1990.)
      • October 1987 (Revised January 2013)
      • Background Note

      Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models

      By: William A. Sahlman
      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
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      Sahlman, William A. "Note on Free Cash Flow Valuation Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 288-023, October 1987. (Revised January 2013.)
      • September 1987 (Revised December 1996)
      • Case

      Patten Corp.

      By: Krishna G. Palepu
      Forbes Magazine criticized the revenue recognition policy of Patten Corp. As a result, the company's stock price dropped by a significant amount. The students are asked to discuss if the criticism by Forbes is justified, and if not, what the company should do. View Details
      Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Statements; Budgets and Budgeting; Problems and Challenges; Financial Condition; Spending; Revenue; Planning; Quality; Stocks; Journalism and News Industry
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      Palepu, Krishna G. "Patten Corp." Harvard Business School Case 188-027, September 1987. (Revised December 1996.)
      • September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
      • Background Note

      The Job of the General Manager

      By: James L. Heskett
      Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value
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      Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
      • July 1987 (Revised October 2009)
      • Background Note

      A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method"

      By: William A. Sahlman and Daniel R Scherlis
      Describes a method for valuing high-risk, long-term investments such as those confronting venture capitalists. The method entails forecasting a future value (e.g., five years from the present) and discounting that terminal value back to the present by applying a high... View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Risk Management; Valuation
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      Sahlman, William A., and Daniel R Scherlis. A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method". Harvard Business School Background Note 288-006, July 1987. (Revised October 2009.)
      • June 1987 (Revised August 1988)
      • Case

      American Bank

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      American Bank is developing a new system to compute product costs. The deregulated, more competitive environment for commercial banks has created both problems and opportunities for banking operations. In order to price existing products and assess the desirability of... View Details
      Keywords: System; Consolidation; Commercial Banking; SWOT Analysis; Fair Value Accounting; Cost Management; Price; Banking Industry; North and Central America; United States
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "American Bank." Harvard Business School Case 187-194, June 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
      • February 1987 (Revised March 2006)
      • Case

      Arley Merchandise Corporation

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Involves the initial public offering of a firm's stock. The offering includes a money-back guarantee to investors from the issuing firm which comes in the form of a "put" option. Option valuation is thus an important issue in this case. View Details
      Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Stocks; Cases; Valuation; Stock Options; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Service Industry
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Arley Merchandise Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 287-063, February 1987. (Revised March 2006.)
      • January 1987 (Revised September 1991)
      • Case

      Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing

      By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen
      Walt Disney is considering hedging future yen inflows from Disney Tokyo. It is evaluating techniques using FX Forwards, swaps, and Yen term borrowings. Goldman Sachs presents a rather unusual but potentially attractive solution: Disney could issue ECU Eurobonds and... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Bonds; Valuation; Tokyo
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      Kester, W. Carl, and William B. Allen. "Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing." Harvard Business School Case 287-058, January 1987. (Revised September 1991.)
      • 1987
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Creating Stakeholder Value: NCR Annual Report

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Value Creation; Ownership Stake
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      Kanter, R. M. "Creating Stakeholder Value: NCR Annual Report." January 1987. (Reprinted in The Corporate Social Challenge, edited by J.E. Stacey & F. Sturdivant Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1989.)
      • January 1987
      • Article

      Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      When a decision rule is implemented using a Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism in which the messages are publicly observable, the players' information is augmented by their observation of each others' strategies. In this paper we study the set of Bayesian... View Details
      Keywords: Incentives; Commitment; Mechanism Design; Decision Making; Information
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Posterior Implementability in a Two-person Decision Problem." Econometrica 55, no. 1 (January 1987): 69–94.
      • December 1986 (Revised January 1987)
      • Case

      Standard Oil Co.: Oil Indexed Units

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Keywords: Valuation; Energy Industry
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Standard Oil Co.: Oil Indexed Units." Harvard Business School Case 287-054, December 1986. (Revised January 1987.)
      • October 1986 (Revised February 2008)
      • Case

      Congoleum Corp. (Abridged)

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      Describes the development and terms of the largest leveraged buyout up to the date of the case. The main problem is to value the positions of the various participants: lenders, equity holders, investment bankers, and management. This is an abridged version of an... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Management; Negotiation Participants; Valuation
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Congoleum Corp. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 287-029, October 1986. (Revised February 2008.)
      • fall 1986
      • Article

      An Inquiry on Ethics and Values

      By: L. S. Paine
      Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs
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      Paine, L. S. "An Inquiry on Ethics and Values." Directors & Boards 11, no. 1 (fall 1986): 31–33.
      • September 1986 (Revised August 1987)
      • Case

      Pressco, Inc.--1984

      By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
      A marketing representative of heavy industrial equipment needs to evaluate the net present value of his equipment from the perspective of the buyer under changing tax regulations. View Details
      Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Valuation; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Taxation; Price; United States
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      Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Pressco, Inc.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 287-025, September 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
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