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      • April 2016 (Revised February 2017)
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      Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube

      By: Stuart C. Gilson, John D. Dionne and Sarah L. Abbott
      In May 2013, senior managers of GSO Capital Partners, an $80 billion credit-oriented investment firm owned by The Blackstone Group, are considering what to do next with their investment in the senior secured debt of Eastman Kodak Company. Once a great company and an... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Strategy; Investment; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., John D. Dionne, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 216-707, April 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
      • March 2016 (Revised October 2023)
      • Case

      Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      In early 2013, Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC), a large publicly traded producer and distributer of vodka and spirits in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt,... View Details
      Keywords: Hostile Takeover; Accounting Restatement; Activist Shareholder; Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Statements; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Russia; Europe
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover." Harvard Business School Case 216-059, March 2016. (Revised October 2023.)
      • December 2015 (Revised December 2022)
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      School Specialty, Inc.

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Kristin Mugford
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Kristin Mugford. "School Specialty, Inc." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 216-705, December 2015. (Revised December 2022.) (We will need a quick turnaround on this to include it in a course packet order in the coming week and a half. Thanks!)
      • December 2015
      • Supplement

      Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Kristin Mugford
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Kristin Mugford. "Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 216-703, December 2015.
      • August 2015 (Revised October 2023)
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      Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube

      By: Stuart C. Gilson, John D. Dionne and Sarah L. Abbott
      In May 2013, senior managers of GSO Capital Partners, an $80 billion credit-oriented investment firm owned by The Blackstone Group, are considering what to do next with their investment in the senior secured debt of Eastman Kodak Company. Once a great company and an... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Finance; Strategy; Investment; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., John D. Dionne, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube." Harvard Business School Case 216-006, August 2015. (Revised October 2023.)
      • October 2014
      • Article

      Do Analysts Add Value When They Most Can? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs

      By: Emilie Feldman, Stuart C. Gilson and Belen Villalonga
      This paper investigates how securities analysts help investors understand the value of diversification. By studying the research that analysts produce about companies that have announced corporate spinoffs, we gain unique insights into how analysts portray diversified... View Details
      Keywords: Analysts; Spin-offs; Diversification Discount; Information Asymmetry; Value Creation; Business Subsidiaries; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Investment
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      Feldman, Emilie, Stuart C. Gilson, and Belen Villalonga. "Do Analysts Add Value When They Most Can? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs." Strategic Management Journal 35, no. 10 (October 2014): 1446–1463. (Winner, "Distinguished Paper Award," 2012 Academy of Management Meetings (Business Policy & Strategy Division.))
      • August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
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      Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
      Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
      Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
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      Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
      • February 2014 (Revised March 2022)
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      School Specialty, Inc.

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Kristin Mugford
      Set in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to arrange... View Details
      Keywords: School Specialty; Bankruptcy; Section 363; Financing; Chapter 11; Capital Structure; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Distribution Industry; Education Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Kristin Mugford. "School Specialty, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 214-084, February 2014. (Revised March 2022.)
      • November 2013
      • Supplement

      Arch Wireless, Inc. (B): Food for Vultures

      By: Stuart C. Gilson
      In 2002, a hedge fund investor acquires the distressed bank debt of a bankrupt wireless paging company and converts his holding into common stock of the reorganized entity. Determining his likely return from this investment is challenging, given that the entire... View Details
      Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Distress Investing; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Investment Funds; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry
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      Gilson, Stuart C. "Arch Wireless, Inc. (B): Food for Vultures." Harvard Business School Supplement 214-034, November 2013.
      • December 2012 (Revised November 2014)
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      W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract... View Details
      Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Business Failures; Environmental Regulations; Class Action Lawsuits; Natural Environment; Valuation; Health Disorders; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Lawsuits and Litigation; Chemicals; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Legal Liability; Construction Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts." Harvard Business School Case 213-046, December 2012. (Revised November 2014.)
      • Fall 2012
      • Article

      Coming Through in a Crisis: How Chapter 11 and the Debt Restructuring Industry Are Helping to Revive the U.S. Economy

      By: Stuart C. Gilson
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      Gilson, Stuart C. "Coming Through in a Crisis: How Chapter 11 and the Debt Restructuring Industry Are Helping to Revive the U.S. Economy." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 24, no. 4 (Fall 2012): 23–35.
      • September 2012 (Revised September 2014)
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      Doing Business in Malaysia

      By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
      This case focuses on the current business environment in Malaysia as of 2012 by introducing the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country for those interested in doing business there. The advantages and challenges of investing and doing business in... View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Business History; Economic History; Fieldwork; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; Malaysia
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      Foley, C. Fritz, Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-Ho Wong. "Doing Business in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 713-431, September 2012. (Revised September 2014.)
      • September 2012
      • Teaching Note

      General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management (TN)

      By: Arthur I. Segel and Stuart C. Gilson
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      Segel, Arthur I., and Stuart C. Gilson. "General Growth Properties and Pershing Square Capital Management (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 213-042, September 2012.
      • March 2011
      • Supplement

      Countrywide plc (CW)

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt f Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential real estate agent based in the U.K. Only sixteen months earlier,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Assets; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Portfolio; Crisis Management; Strategy; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; United Kingdom
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Countrywide plc (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-714, March 2011.
      • February 2011 (Revised January 2017)
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      Countrywide plc

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management, is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt of Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential real estate agent based in the U.K. Only sixteen months earlier,... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Management; Investment; Real Estate Industry; United Kingdom
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Countrywide plc." Harvard Business School Case 211-026, February 2011. (Revised January 2017.)
      • February 2011 (Revised December 2022)
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      Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
      One of the leading publishers of textbooks and other educational materials for the U.S. K-12 educational instruction market has suffered a dramatic decline in sales and profits in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial market crisis and economic recession, and it now... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Decisions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Sales; Competition; Publishing Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-708, February 2011. (Revised December 2022.)
      • January 2011 (Revised July 2019)
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      Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      One of the leading publishers of textbooks and other educational materials for the U.S. K-12 educational instruction market has suffered a dramatic decline in sales and profits in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial market crisis and economic recession, and is now... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Publishing Industry; Massachusetts
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt." Harvard Business School Case 211-027, January 2011. (Revised July 2019.)
      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      When Do Analysts Add Value? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs

      By: Emilie Rose Feldman, Stuart Gilson and Belen Villalonga
      We investigate the information content and forecast accuracy of 1,793 analyst reports written around 62 spinoffs—a setting in which analysts' ability to inform investors is potentially very high. We find that analysts pay little attention to subsidiaries about to be... View Details
      Keywords: Earnings Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Subsidiaries; Restructuring; Forecasting and Prediction; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Initial Public Offering; Price; Reports; Research
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      Feldman, Emilie Rose, Stuart Gilson, and Belen Villalonga. "When Do Analysts Add Value? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-102, May 2010.
      • 2010
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      Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

      By: Stuart C. Gilson
      A collection of case studies illustrates real-world techniques, implementation, and strategies on corporate restructuring. Over the period 1981-1998, public companies with combined assets of over half a trillion dollars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Over the same... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Public Ownership; Value Creation
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      Gilson, Stuart C. Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
      • December 2009 (Revised April 2022)
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      Lyondell Chemical Company

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
      Hit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of the world's largest internationally diversified chemical companies headquartered in The Netherlands, placed its U.S. operations and a... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Crisis Management; Chemical Industry; Netherlands; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Lyondell Chemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 210-001, December 2009. (Revised April 2022.)
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