Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group Chen Ziqiang Wu Libin Lin Yingshuai Deng Linli Lim Yihao 2011/11/29 1. Why did Marvel file for Chapter 11? Were the proble ms caused by bad luck‚ bad strategy‚ or bad execution? We think that Marvel filed for Chapter 11 mainly due to its bad business strategy. Three o f its six b usiness lines‚ Trading cards‚ Stickers and Comic Books started facing the decline in sales after year 1993. There were two main reasons for this
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FINS5530 HBS Case Assignment Semester 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Lixiong Guo Readings: 1. Note on Bank Loans. 2. US Bank of Washington case. Assignment: Please prepare a Credit Proposal Memo similar to the one shown in Exhibit 1 of “Note on Bank Loans”. Given the limited information you have from the case‚ you are not expected to include all components of Exhibit 1. The following is a suggested structure of your report: Purpose of the credit extension o Keep this part short
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HBS 9-501-050 Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks ’’ Optical Networks Division Nortel Networks was a global player in telephony‚ data and wireless and wireline Internet solutions. Maureen Conroy and Nathalie Sauve‚ members of the Customer Value Management (CVM) Team at Nortel Networks Optical Networks‚ must recommend one of three customer value measurement methodologies to ON President Greg Mumford. In December of 1997‚ ON took a “right-angle turn” ’’ innovative cultural‚ operational
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HBS Case Report: Shenzhen Development Bank Contents Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of Newbridge’s proposed investment into Shenzhen Development Bank. Methods of analysis include an assessment of the bank’s financial performance‚ examining factors such as its asset quality‚ earning capability and capital adequacy. It also provides an in-depth analysis into the appropriateness of the price Newbridge must pay for the
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Case Study: Marvel What does Marvel’s current Success look like? Marvel’s current success is largely thanks to a three-pronged approach. It utilizes its characters fame to promote revenue in comic book publishing‚ toys‚ and licensing. After successfully navigating a near collapse‚ the company has re-invented itself by truly focusing on its library of characters. By redeveloping its products – like focusing on quality of publishing‚ modernizing for younger generations‚ changing structure to four
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Herrera Marketing Management Spring 2013 Case #1 – The ‘Comic’ Book is Always Better Marvel Comic Books – Printed Edition Strengths | Weaknesses | Strong Brand Equity Strong Financial PositionCore UsersLeadership | Distribution PointsFocus on Digital Growth | Opportunities | Threats | Foreign MarketsPromotion PointPlacement Opportunities | Digital Comic Books Competing Media | Strengths. a. Strong Brand Equity – Marvel Comics has strong name recognition in the United
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Case studies Spring 2011 (60 points) Each illness is caused by a bacterium (NOT viral) Choose one of the three cases and complete the assignment by following the guidelines. Write a typed‚ well constructed (complete sentences‚ proper grammar) report of not more than three double spaced pages (4 points). Devote at least one paragraph to answering each of the 6 questions. (8 points each) Include a reference section with at least 4 citations including at least one published reference. Use
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Midland Resources 1. How are Mortensen’s estimates of Midland’s costs of capital used? How‚ if at all‚ should these anticipated uses affect the calculations? The cost of capital is the minimum acceptable rate of return for new investments in the corporation. Estimates of Midland’s cost of capital are used in many analysis within Midland‚ including asset appraisal for both capital budgeting and financial accounting‚ performance assessments‚ M&A proposals‚ and stock repurchase decisions. These
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-MFS- 1. Does the MFS system have weak or strong pay-to-performance? What type of behavior does the MFS system motivate? Basically‚ culture of MFS is focused on teamwork and community so that MFS manages their employees very fair and its compensation system also reflects this characteristic. For sustaining this team –based culture of MFS‚ which don’t prefer star(anti star culture)‚ MFS assesses their employees to the ways that not only fund-performance(performance factor) but also contribution
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Case Reading: Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. 1. In your view‚ what strategic direction should Marvel Enterprises’ Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo and his colleagues pursue? Why? How? • I believe the company should focus on developing their lesser-known characters and making them known to their audiences. Granted they now have the resources to expand beyond the current business model to take on more capital-intensive activities‚ their efforts may be in vein if they don’t have well-developed characters
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