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Case Studies in Finance - Managing for Corporate Value Creation,
MBA Program
Course:
Financial Analysis and Decision Making
MBA730
Instructor:
Marlena L. Akhbari
Wright State University
Finance and Financial Services

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Case Studies in Finance: Managing for
Corporate Value Creation, 4/e
Bruner

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Contents
Bruner • Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e
II. Financial Analysis and Forecasting

1

6. The Financial Detective, 1996
11. ServerVault: ‘‘Reliable, Secure, and Wicked Fast’’

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6

III. Estimating the Cost of Capital

16

12. ‘‘Best Practices’’ in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and
Synthesis
15. Teletech Corporation, 1996

16

IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation

52

19. Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project
20. Diamond Chemicals PLC (B): Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects

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60

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VI. Management of the Corporate Capital Structure

66

29. Structuring Corporate Financial Policy
31. Polaroid Corporation, 1996

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VIII. Valuing the Enterprise: Acquisitions and Buyouts

100

41. Palamon Capital Partners/TeamSystem S.P.A.

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Bruner: Case Studies in
Finance: Managing for
Corporate Value



References: 15. Teletech Corporation, 1996 Companies, 2003

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