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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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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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Understanding Risk: Systemic versus Idiosyncratic
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1973-EFinanceUsing the fictional situation of two brothers facing the challenge of managing a commodity business in central Africa, this note explores different metrics for risk and related considerations for investors. The note considers measures of volatility, including the difference between systematic risk and idiosyncratic risk, and how diversification reduces idiosyncratic risk. The note uses these concepts to motivate the foundations of portfolio risk ...Starting at €8.20
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The Profitability Index
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1945-EFinanceThe well-known net present value (NPV) rule advocates accepting all investment projects that have a positive NPV. The NPV rule makes economic sense since positive-NPV projects are expected to create economic value. But what should a manager do if the totaStarting at €8.20
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Chestnut Foods (B)
Schill, Michael J.; Briceno, Frank; Stevenson, DonaldCase DARDEN-F-1974-EFinanceAfter a period of poor stock-market performance, conglomerate Chestnut Foods (Chestnut) faces the acquisition of its stock by an activist investor. The new investor demands the sale of Chestnut’s high-growth division, which contrasts with the CFO’s turnaround plan to expand this same division. To disentangle the way forward for Chestnut, students are invited to grapple with the risk-adjusted performance of each division and the estimation of divi...Starting at €5.74
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Chestnut Foods (B) - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1974TN-EFinanceTeaching note of product F-1974Starting at €0.00
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Financial Theory Foundations
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1548-EFinanceFinancial theory seeks to explain how buyers and sellers in financial markets price contracts to exchange money across time and across risk profiles. Using rules of agent behavior, theory generates financial models that attempt to predict the fair prices of the securities in financial markets. To make the models simple enough to be used in practice, theorists make simplifying assumptions about the characteristics of markets and market participant...Starting at €8.20
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Rosetta Stone: Pricing the 2009 IPO
Schill, Michael J.; Papireddy, Suprajj; Adams, Tom; Clough, PhilCase DARDEN-F-1613-EFinanceThis case examines the April 2009 decision of Rosetta Stone management to price the initial public offering of Rosetta Stone stock during one of the most difficult periods in capital-raising history. The case outlines Rosetta Stone’s unique language learning strategy and the associated strong financial performance. Students are invited to value the stock and take a position on whether the current $15 to $17 per share filing range is appropriate. ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Gellibrand Partners
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1648-EFinanceGiven widening bid-ask spread for a target stock, a small Australian portfolio manager considers front-running the market makers by posting its own quotes inside the spread. Organized in a series of rounds, the case asks students to post bid and ask limit orders for shares. Each round allows orders to come in that execute against the limit order book, cash flow and end-of-round inventory to be calculated, and the market to revise the bid and ask ...Starting at €8.20