Setting Some Themes | |
1. Warren E. Buffett, 2015 | To think like an investor |
2. The Battle for Value, 2016: FedEx Corp.vs. United Parcel Service, Inc. | Value creation and economic profit |
3. Larry Puglia and the T. Rowe Price BlueChip Growth Fund | Market efficiency |
4. Genzyme and Relational Investors: Scienceand Business Collide? | Value creation, business strategy and activist investors |
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Financial Analysis and Forecasting | |
5. Business Performance Evaluation:Approaches for Thoughtful Forecasting | Financial forecasting principles |
6. The Financial Detective, 2016 | Financial ratio analysis |
7. Whole Foods Market: The DeutscheBank Report | Financial performance forecasting |
8. Horniman Horticulture | Financial forecasting and bank financing |
9. Guna Fibres, Ltd. | Forecasting seasonal financing needs |
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Estimating the Cost of Capital | |
10. “Best Practices” in Estimating the Costof Capital: An Update | Estimating the cost of capital |
11. Roche Holdings AG: Funding the GenentechAcquisition | Cost of debt capital |
12. H.J. Heinz: Estimating the Cost of Capitalin Uncertain Times | Cost of capital for the firm |
13. Royal Mail plc: Cost of Capital | Cost of capital for the firm |
14. Chestnut Foods | Cost of capital for multi-division firm |
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Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation | |
15. Target Corporation | Multifaceted capital investment decisions |
16. The Investment Detective | Investment criteria and discounted cash flow |
17. Centennial Pharmaceutical Corp | Valuation of earnout plan |
18. Worldwide Paper Company | Analysis of an expansion investment |
19. Fonderia del Piemonte S.p.A. | Capital investment decision |
20. Victoria Chemicals plc (A): The Merseyside Project | Relevant cash flows |
21. Victoria Chemicals plc (B): Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects | Mutually exclusive investment opportunities |
22. The Procter and Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal | Scenario analysis in a project decision |
23. Jacobs Division 2010 | Strategic planning |
24. UVa Hospital System: The Long-term Acute Care Hospital Project | Analysis of an investment in a not-for-profit organization |
25. Star River Electronics Ltd. | Capital project analysis and forecasting |
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Management of the Firm’s Equity: Dividends and Repurchases | |
26. Rockboro Machine Tools Corporation | Dividend payout decision |
27. EMI Group PLC | Dividend policy |
28. Autozone, Inc. | Dividend and stock buyback decisions |
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Management of the Corporate Capital Structure | |
29. An Introduction to Debt Policy and Value | Effects of debt tax shields |
30. M&M Pizza | Capital structure in a frictionless market |
31. Structuring Corporate Financial Policy: Diagnosis of Problems and Evaluation of Strategies | Concepts in setting financial policy |
32. California Pizza Kitchen | Optimal leverage |
33. Dominion Resources: Cove Point | Project funding and capital structure |
34. Nokia OYJ: Financing the WP Strategic Plan | Corporate funding alternatives |
35. Kelly Solar | Debt financing negotiation |
36. JC Penney Company | Liquidity management |
37. Horizon Lines, Inc. | Financial distress/restructuring/bankruptcy |
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Analysis of Financing Tactics: Leases, Options, and Foreign Currency | |
38. Baker Adhesives | Hedging foreign currency cash flows |
39. Vale SA | Debt financing across borders |
40. J&L Railroad | Risk management and hedging commodity risk |
41. WNG Capital, LLC | Economics of lease financing |
42. MoGen, Inc. | Convertible bond valuation and financial engineering |
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Valuing the Enterprise: Acquisitions and Buyouts | |
43. Methods of Valuation: Mergers and Acquisitions | Valuation principles |
44. Medfield Pharmaceuticals | Valuing assets in place |
45. American Greetings | Firm valuation in stock repurchase decision |
46. Ferrari: The 2015 Initial Public Offering | Initial public offering valuation |
47. Rosetta Stone: Pricing the 2009 IPO | Initial public offering valuation |
48. Sun Microsystems | Valuing a takeover opportunity |
49. Carter International | Acquisition valuation and financing |
50. DuPont Corporation: Sale of Performance Coatings | Business Unit Divestiture |
51. OutReach Networks: First Venture Round | Valuation of early stage company |
52. Sanofi-Aventis’s Tender Offer for Genzyme | Corporate acquisition |
53. Delphi Corporation | Corporate bankruptcy |
54. Flinder Valves and Controls Inc. | Acquisition negotiation |
2018