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Bruner Case Studies in Finance
Case Studies in Finance, 4/e
Robert F. Bruner, University of Virgina


Table of Contents

FOREWORD

   

FRONT MATTER

   

NOTE TO THE STUDENT: HOW TO STUDY AND DISCUSS CASES

 
   

Case

Topic

Part I: Setting Some Themes

 
 

1

WARREN E. BUFFETT, 1995

To think like an investor

 

2

THE FIDELITY MAGELLAN FUND, 1995

Market efficiency

 

3

JEANNE MOCKARD, AT PUTNAM INVESTMENTS

Opportunity cost

 

4

BEN & JERRY'S HOMEMADE INC.

Value creation and governance

 

5

THE BATTLE FOR VALUE:

Value creation and

   

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION VS.

economic profit

   

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

 
   

OF AMERICA INC. (ABRIDGED)

 

Part II: Financial Analysis and Forecasting

 
 

6

THE FINANCIAL DETECTIVE, 1996

Ratio analysis

 

7

THE BODY SHOP INTERNATIONAL

Introduction to forecasting

   

PLC 2001: AN INTRODUCTION TO

 
   

FINANCIAL MODELING

 
 

8

PADGETT PAPER PRODUCTS CO.

Analysis of growth and bank financing

 

9

KOTA FIBRES LTD.

Forecasting seasonal financing needs

 

10

DEUTSCHE BRAUEREI

Forecasting and policies regarding growth

 

11

SERVERVAULT: "RELIABLE, SECURE, AND WICKED FAST"

"Burn rate" of the high-growth firm

Part III: Estimating the Cost of Capital

 
 

12

BEST PRACTICES IN ESTIMATING

Estimating the cost of capital

   

THE COST OF CAPITAL: SURVEY

 
   

AND SYNTHESIS

 
 

13

NIKE INC.

Cost of capital for the firm

 

14

COKE VS. PEPSI, 2001

Cost of capital and EVA for competitors

 

15

TELETECH CORPORATION 1996

Business segments and risk-return tradeoffs

 

16

PAGINAS AMARELAS

Estimating discount rates for emerging markets

Part IV: Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation

 
 

17

THE INVESTMENT DETECTIVE

Investment criteria and discounted cash flow

 

18

FONDERIA DI TORINO

Analysis of an automation investment

 

19

DIAMOND CHEMICALS LTD (A)

Relevant cash flows

 

20

DIAMOND CHEMICALS LTD (B)

Mutually-exclusive investment opportunities

 

21

GENZYME/GELTEX PHARMACEUTICALS JOINT VENTURE

Staged versus up-front investing

 

22

EUROLAND FOODS S.A.

Strategic resource allocation

 

23

STAR RIVER ELECTRONICS LTD

Capital project analysis and forecasting

Part V: Management of the Firm's Equity: Dividends, Repurchases, Initial Offerings

 
 

24

EASTBORO MACHINE TOOLS

Dividend and stock buyback decisions

 

25

DONALDSON LUFKIN,

Initial public offering for a mature firm

   

JENRETTE 1995 (ABRIDGED)

 
 

26

eBay Inc. (A)

Initial public offering for a young firm

 

27

PLANET COPIAS & IMAGEM

Financing the early-stage high-growth firm

Part VI: Management of the Corporate Capital Structure

 
 

28

INTRODUCTION TO DEBT

Effects of debt tax shields

   

POLICY AND VALUE

 
 

29

TECHNICAL NOTE: STRUCTURING

Concepts in setting financial policy

   

CORPORATE FINANCIAL POLICY

 
 

30

MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP:

Leveraged restructuring

   

CAPITAL STRUCTURE THEORY

 
 

31

POLAROID CORPORATION, 1996

Financial flexibility

 

32

ROSARIO ACERO S.A.

Choice between debt and equity financing

 

33

THRESHOLD SPORTS LLC

Capital acquisition for the young firm

Part VII: Analysis of Financing Tactics: Leases, Options and Foreign Currency

 
 

34

MERTON ELECTRONICS

Hedging foreign currency cash flows

 

35

AMTRAK ACELA

Evaluating a lease financing proposal

 

36

CORNING INC. ZERO COUPON CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES

Convertible bond valuation and financing

 

37

ENRON CORPORATION'S WEATHER DERIVATIVES (A)

Financial innovation for risk management

Part VIII: Valuing the Enterprise: Acquisitions and Buyouts

 
 

38

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVANCED GENOME

Evaluating terminal values

 

39

YEATS VALVES AND CONTROLS INC.

Valuing the enterprise for sale

 

40

CHRYSLER CORPORATION

Negotiating a complex cross-border merger

 

41

PALAMON CAPITAL PARTNERS

Valuing a private equity investment

 

42

GENERAL MILLS' ACQUISITION OF PILLSBURY

Evaluating a contingent value right

 

43

PRINTICOMM'S PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF DIGITECH

Evaluating an earnout-proposal

 

44

STRUCTURING REPSOL'S ACQUISITION OF YPF

Financing a cross-border hostile tender offer

 

45

HOSTILE TAKEOVERS: A PRIMER FOR THE DECISION MAKER

Contests for control

 

46

THE HILTON/ITT WARS

Setting bidding strategy for takeovers





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