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Evaluating M&A Deals--Equity Consideration
Baldwin, Carliss Y.Case HBS-208077-EFinanceWhat the acquiring company pays for a target in a merger or acquisition is called "consideration." Consideration can be in the form of cash, shares, or a combination of the two. Lays out the basic mechanics of equity consideration. Derives formulas for thStarting at €8.20
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Evaluating M&A Deals: How Poison Pills Work
Baldwin, Carliss Y.Case HBS-208061-EFinanceThe poison pill defense against hostile takeovers was invented in 1982 by Martin Lipton, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz. Pills are considered the most effective of all the normal defenses against a hostile bidder. Describes the two basic types of poison pills (flip-ins and flip-overs), and explains how the form of a tender offer changes the impact of a pill on the bidder. Also describes how bidders can set up tender offers to avoid poison pi...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating M&A Deals: Introduction to the Deal NPV
Baldwin, Carliss Y.Case HBS-208060-EFinanceIntroduces a framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions. Assumes that the criterion of a good deal is that it creates value for shareholders; i.e., has a positive deal NPV. Looks at the deal NPV from both the buyer's and seller's point of view. ExpStarting at €8.20
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Evaluating M&A Deals: Floors, Caps, and Collars
Baldwin, Carliss Y.Case HBS-209138-EFinanceAs equity consideration has become more popular in acquisitions, so has the use of the "pricing-protection" mechanisms, such as floors, caps and collars. These contractual devices provide insurance to the shareholders of the target, and may protect the buyer as well. The purpose of this note is to define the main categories of price protection, and explain their impact on the payoffs and value of the deal to the target's shareholders.Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating M&A Deals: Accretion vs. Dilution of Earnings-per-share
Baldwin, Carliss Y.Case HBS-208059-EFinanceWhen discussing the pros and cons of an acquisition, practitioners often talk about the impact of the deal on the buyer's earnings-per-share (eps). An acquisition is said to be "accretive" if the buyer's eps goes up post-deal; it is "dilutive" if the buyeStarting at €8.20
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Evaluating M&A Deals--Announcement Effects, Risk Arbitrage and Event Risk
Baldwin, Carliss Y.Case HBS-208103-EFinanceThe announcement of merger or acquisition conveys new information to the capital markets. This note describes how the stock prices of a Buyer and Target behave after the announcement of a deal. First, for an all-stock deal that is certain to go through, the note defines accouchement effects and describes the fundamental arbitrage relationship between Target and Buyer stock prices. It shows how post-announcement prices may be used to infer the mar...Starting at €8.20
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Recruiting
Cappelli, Peter; Harvard Business Review; Holmes, Dane E.Article HBS-R1903B-ELeadership and People ManagementBusinesses have never done as much hiring as they do today and never done a worse job of it, says Peter Cappelli of Wharton in "Your Approach to Hiring Is All Wrong." Much of the process is outsourced to companies such as Randstad, Manpower, and Adecco, which in turn use subcontractors to scour LinkedIn and social media for potential candidates. When applications come--always electronically--software sifts through them for keywords that hiring ma...Starting at €8.20
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The CEO 100, 2019 Edition
Harvard Business Review; Citrin, James M.; Hildebrand, Claudius A.; Stark, Robert J.; George, BillArticle HBS-R1906B-EUnlike rankings that are based on subjective evaluations or short-term metrics, HBR's annual list of the best-performing CEOs in the world relies on objective performance measures over a chief executive's entire tenure--and these "career numbers" tend to hold steady. It's no surprise, then, that 65 of last year's CEOs reappear this year. They do so despite a change in our methodology: This year we weighted environmental, social, and governance (E...Starting at €8.20
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A Glossary of Technical Terms Related to Bankruptcy in the U.S.
Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Sharpe, James M.; Mehta, RaviCase HBS-212081-EFinanceQuick reference guide of various terms related to the United States Bankruptcy Code. Outline of some of the important technical terms related to the bankruptcy process in the United States. Covers both Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 with a brief definition of bStarting at €8.20
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A Novel Way to Boost Client Satisfaction
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1902A-EService and Operations ManagementResearchers have learned to mine a unique set of data that serves as a slow-motion replay of how an organization and its people function: the company's e-mail. Although e-mail analysis has largely focused on internal communications, a new study uses it to examine how employees interact with clients. Researchers studied the e-mail behaviors of teams working with key client accounts at a global professional services firm. Each month during the stud...Starting at €8.20