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Spreadsheet Supplement for case 298166

A U.S. packaging firm acquires a French packaging firm with the objective of creating the largest global packaging firm in the world.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 296019

Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 296049

Microsoft Corp. proposes to acquire Intuit Corp. Examines the strategic fit and the price proposed to complete the transaction.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 295121

The merger of two computer software firms with very rapidly growing non-overlapping products makes great strategic sense, but presents difficult valuation and accounting problems. How can a firm pay $225 million to acquire another firm with negligible current earnings, and which promises to produce an immediate $150 MM one-time charge to earnings which will be followed over a five-year period by $65 million of amortization of intangible assets?

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 293091

A private company is considering an introduction of a long-run incentive compensation system in which payoffs to managers are determined by the economic value added for shareholders by their individual business units. The proposed new system is compared to a number of earlier incentive schemes utilized by the firm.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 293135

Involves analysis of a major capital investment proposal, an acquisition of another company, an estimate of the funds required for these two possible outlays, and a recommended course of management action.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 279069

A capital budgeting problem is viewed from the context of a marketing representative attempting to make a sale of energy saving heavy industrial equipment. Tax law changes promise to have a significant impact on the customer's decision process. Teaching purpose: To surround the capital budgeting decision with the complexities often found in the actual decision making process. These include taxes, inflation rates, and uncertainty about cost savings to be realized.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 292085

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 291004

The student must determine the financing requirements posed by growth, change of inventory policy, and introduction of new product and then select the best method of financing them. Has been used as a four-hour exam. A revised and updated version of an earlier case by L.E. Thompson and V.L. Andrews.

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 289063.

Spreadsheet supplement for case 289039.

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 for establishing a terminal value for future cash flows extending beyond the normal planning horizon.