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Roche Holding AG: Funding the Genentech Acquisition
Schill, Michael J.; Durick, Brett; Chambers, DrewCase DARDEN-F-1645-EFinanceThis case examines the decision by the Swiss pharmaceutical Roche Holding AG (Roche) to offer a record $42 billion bond in February 2009. In light of a pending acquisition of US biotechnology leader Genentech, Roche management planned to sell $32 billion in bonds at various maturities from 1 year to 30 years and in three different currencies (US dollar, euro, and British pound). In a context of substantial uncertainty in both world financial mark...Starting at €8.20
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Datos seleccionados sobre la rentabilidad de industrias y empresas estadounidenses
McGahan, Anita M.Case HBS-714S07StrategyDescribe la importancia de la estructura del sector y el posicionamiento competitivo de la rentabilidad de las empresas estadounidenses entre 1981 y 1994. cita una investigación reciente indica que las diferencias persistentes de la industria y de la competencia diferencias persistentes representan el 19% y 32%, respectivamente, de la variación en el resultado. Una evidencia adicional se ha desarrollado para mostrar la relación entre el rendimien...Starting at €8.20
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Nelson Nurseries
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1944-EFinanceThis case captures the problems concerning cash flow and working-capital management typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2020, Roger and Christine Barton have completed their third year of operating Nelson Nurseries, a $1-million-revenue woody-shrub nursery in central Virginia. While experiencing booming demand and improving margins, the Bartons are puzzled by their plummeting cash balance. The case highlights the difference betwee...Starting at €8.20
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Nelson Nurseries
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1944FinanceThis case captures the problems concerning cash flow and working-capital management typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2020, Roger and Christine Barton have completed their third year of operating Nelson Nurseries, a $1-million-revenue woody-shrub nursery in central Virginia. While experiencing booming demand and improving margins, the Bartons are puzzled by their plummeting cash balance. The case highlights the difference betwee...Starting at €8.20
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Shamrock Capital: Pricing the Masters of Taylor Swift
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-2050-EFinanceThis case examines the 2020 pricing decision for the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s first six albums in consideration of a sale of the recordings by music executive Scooter Braun to Shamrock Capital (Shamrock), an investment company owned by the Roy E. Disney family. Swift, the most listened-to musician in the world, had expressed displeasure with Braun’s ownership of her masters and a desire to own the recordings herself—even threatening to...Starting at €8.20
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Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts
Tripsas, Mary; Bhatia, Amit; McGahan, Anita M.Case HBS-812032-EEntrepreneurshipUSAP faces extraordinary opportunities to change the way that automobiles are serviced in the US by selling parts at fair prices though online channels.Starting at €8.20
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American Greetings - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1693TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1693Starting at €0.00
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Trade Credit
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1941-EFinanceWhen businesses deliver a product or service, they often forgo receiving immediate cash payment and allow their customers to pay later. Such payment terms are called trade credit. While trade credit fosters sales to existing and new customers, such credit is not free. The cost of trade credit to sellers is twofold: it creates repayment uncertainty and it increases the seller’s financing cost. By extending trade credit, sellers effectively take on...Starting at €8.20
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Mary Washington Pediatrics - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1877TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1877Starting at €0.00
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Mary Washington Pediatrics
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1877-EFinanceThis case follows the 2017 acquisition valuation of Mary Washington Pediatrics in Northern Virginia by two pediatricians, Natalia Juarez and Kirsten Atwood. The case provides a simple context for discussing approaches for enterprise valuation, including discounted cash flow (DCF) and transaction multiples methods. Students are encouraged to critique a financial forecast for the practice using the current performance of the target company and othe...Starting at €8.20