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June 1999 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Sirona

By: Walter Kuemmerle and Chad S Ellis

Sirona, the dental systems business of Siemans AG is being sold through an auction. In September 1997, buyout firm Schroder Ventures has to decide whether to make a binding offer for the business. Schroder has done extensive due diligence with support from a team of... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Valuation; Health Industry; Germany

December 2002
Article

Introduction to 'Valuation in Emerging Markets'

By: Robert Bruner, Robert Conroy, Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Wei Li

The purpose of the Batten Institute/Association for Investment Management and Research/Emerging Markets Review conference was to examine the challenges of valuing assets in emerging markets. These challenges are immensely interesting to practitioners and scholars for... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Emerging Markets

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Book

Equity Valuation: Models, Analysis and Implications

By: David Hawkins and Walter J. Campbell

Keywords: Equity; Valuation; Theory

01 Sep 2009
News

Alumni Books

mistakes that doom individual investors to market underperformance. Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions by Joshua Rosenbaum (MBA ’01) and Joshua Pearl (Wiley) As the world of finance returns to the fundamentals of View Details

2013
Working Paper

Adjusting National Accounting for Health: Is the Business Cycle Countercyclical?

By: Mark Egan, Casey B. Mulligan and Tomas J. Philipson

Many national accounts of economic output and prosperity, such as gross domestic product (GDP) or net domestic product (NDP), offer an incomplete picture by ignoring, for example, the value of leisure, home production, and the value of health. Previous discussed... View Details

Keywords: Health; Valuation; Accounting; United States

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

associated with global branding 5 hrs Module 5 Brand Valuation Understand how brands create value for firms and their shareholders and how to estimate a brand’s asset value and calculate its return on investment. Highlights Jill Avery –... View Details

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

Stocks Traded Outside the United States How can I screen for equities and other securities in Bloomberg? Valuation of Defaultable Fixed-income Instruments How can I find holders of stocks and bonds in Bloomberg? How do I look up and... View Details

April 2016 (Revised June 2017)
Teaching Note

Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar

By: Jonas Heese, Paula A. Price and Suraj Srinivasan

In spring 2015, Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market leader in the U.S. discount retail world. Dollar General operated over 11,500... View Details

Keywords: Dollar General; Family Dollar; Dollar Tree; Antitrust; Board Of Directors; Activist Investors; Federal Trade Commission; Acquisition; Valuation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry

April 2, 2004
Article

A Simple Way to Value Stock Options

By: Roberto G. Mendoza, Robert C. Merton and Peter Hancock

Keywords: Valuation; Stock Options

29 Aug 2016
Blog Post

First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business

top ten business stories for the past year. 1. China: industrial-goods slowdown and market turmoil 2. Yahoo: Marissa Myers and activist investors 3. Uber: valuation and growth of the gig economy 4. Volkswagen: emissions cheating... View Details

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

Cases & Course Materials The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (A) Carliss Y. BaldwinHarvard Business School Case 210-035 The Congressional Oversight Panel wants to value the warrants issued to the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 1997
Background Note

Basic Capital Investment Analysis

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Discusses the net present value and internal rate of return methods for analyzing capital investments. Assumes prior knowledge of compound interest and present value methods. View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Valuation

November 1993 (Revised February 2013)
Background Note

Quality of Earnings Analysis

By: David Hawkins

Discusses quality of earnings analysis and its relevance to security valuation. View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Quality; Valuation

February 2011 (Revised January 2015)
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (A) (CW)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Spreadsheet supplement to Matrix Capital Management (A) allowing students to value the company. View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Services Industry

June 2001
Case

Bond Math

This case presents four exercises that teach compounding interest and valuing bonds. View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Valuation