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Acting as management, students determine the effects of different degrees of leverage and review this company's current leverage in light of inherent industry risks and company goals.

This note discusses the relative strengths and weaknesses of three primary methods of valuing a firm: (1) accounting approaches (e.g., book value); (2) multiples of earnings (e.g., p/e); and (3) discounted cash flow and related models.

This case calls for the valuation of a small, closely held U.S. firm for potential sale to a French firm.

This case introduces the valuation and comparison of capital investments as students evaluate eight projects' cash flows and rank them in terms of economic attractiveness using net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), return on investment (ROI), profitability index, and payback.

Acting as chief financial officer (CFO), students try to determine how Coleco can fend off creditors. Coleco is in default on its loans and is in a negative equity position.

This case presents a series of financial events for students to record and to use in preparing financial statements.

Interco has been advised by Wasserstein Perella to reject a $70 per share offer for the company. The case deals with the various types of analysis employed by Wasserstein Perella and allows a discussion of the actions of Interco's board as well as Wasserstein Perella.

The 20 largest U.S. pension funds hold 10% of the equity capital of the largest U.S. companies, and, in total, pension funds have assets worth $2.5 trillion. They have grown to the extent that they must now address two issues: for what should corporate management be held accountable, and how should accountability be structured? Some answers can be found by looking at Germany and Japan, where ownership is even more concentrated than in the United States. These countries define performance results by maximizing the wealth-producing capacity of the enterprise.

To assess whether a company should enter the household-products market, Procter and Gamble's weighted-average cost of capital is computed. Clorox's cost of capital is also computed as a check on the P&G estimate. The case emphasizes the conceptual as well as mechanical aspects of computing cost of capital for a company with homogeneous business risk and stable capital structure.

Spreadsheet supplement for case 291-031.

A set of five exercises in capital budgeting. Student calculates and compares various decision criteria (including IRR and NPV) for capital investment projects. This is an introductory case, where relevant cash flows are provided, and the focus is on the discounting mechanics and the decision to invest. In addition, one exercise directly probes the link between positive NPV projects, and value added to the shareholders. The final "exercise" is a three page mini-case analyzing Lockheed's decision to invest in the TriStar L-1011 Airbus project. This drives home the importance of discounting and NPV, and shows the adverse effect of a negative NPV project on shareholder value.

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Describes the proposed purchase of a lampshade manufacturer by Steven and Michele Rogers, recent graduates of the Harvard Business School. Focuses on their plans to raise the capital necessary to buy the company. Among the issues raised are how to structure the deal and whether or not to buy the company.

A set of five exercises in valuation of simple fixed income securities. No capital budgeting. Students use present value analysis to compute discounted cash flows. Situations/concepts covered include: future value; mortgage payment and repayment; calculating implicit interest rate on loan, yield to maturity on bond; bond pricing, to include rate sensitivity, Eurobonds, conversion of bond-equivalent yield to effective annual yield, and Japanese yields; growing versus fixed retirement annuities.

A small microbrewer prepares to negotiate a credit facility with its bank to partially fund major expansion.

Describes traditional bank lending product, the role of the lending officer, credit evaluation, and the structuring of credit facilities and loan agreements.

A shareholder group of Sherritt Gordon Limited is not satisfied that management was running the company properly and is attempting, through a proxy contest, to have the present board of directors removed and replaced with a new board. The case is suitable for teaching as a role-playing exercise.

Michael Stevens was examining his blue chip stock portfolio and the market outlook for the next six months. He was wondering if he could use some options strategies - buying individual stock puts, writing individual stock calls, writing index calls, or buying index puts - to protect his paper profits and perhaps even improve his return.