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The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (E)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-209082-EFinanceStarting at €5.74
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Generating Higher Value at IBM (B)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-215059-EFinanceThis case updates the events in "Generating Higher Value at IBM (A)," HBS case 215-058.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-216057-EFinanceIn December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC's CEO James Squires and the NSC board musStarting at €8.20
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Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-214054-EFinanceMolycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just repStarting at €8.20
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Molycorp: Morgan Brothers' Reverse Convertible Notes (C)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-215002-EFinanceIn August 2011, Morgan Brothers Bank was issuing a $2.5 million reverse convertible note with payoffs linked to the price of Molycorp's common stock. These financially engineered securities were just one of many kinds of structured notes available in the retail market. Investors must decide whether the notes were fairly priced and whether they offered a favorable risk-return trade-off.Starting at €5.74
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Generating Higher Value at IBM (A)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-215058-EFinanceThis case analyzes IBM's financial performance and its capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004-2013, during which IBM returned more than $140B to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. During this time,Starting at €8.20
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Showdown at Mountain Pass: Bidding for Neo Materials
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-219096-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014
Esty, Benjamin C.; Fruhan, William E.Case HBS-216014-EFinanceHelps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in the firm's financial statements. In this exercise, students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and other selected financial ratios for a set of 12 unidentified firms from 12 different industries (all 12 companies are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX). Students must use the balance sheet data and the financ...Starting at €8.20
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Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater & Gordon Limited
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-213019-EFinanceSlater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in Australia in recent years, the IPO provided an opportunity for S&G to become the first publicly-traded law firm in the world. The firm and its underwriters had just issued a prospectus and were now in the process of lining up investors for the offerin...Starting at €8.20
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Molycorp: Issuing the ''Happy Meal'' Securities (B)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-215014-EFinanceMolycorp, the Western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expansion in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. After reporting lower than expected revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2012, management needed to design a new funding strategy for the firm. In August 2012, Molycorp announced it would issue $120 million of equ...Starting at €5.74