(w/ G. Loeb and M. Veblen) Harvard Business School Background Note 203-007.

This case considers the alternative financing mechanisms for film financing, the evolution of film finance in the United States, and the nature of tax-motivated film financing in the United States and around the world.

(w/ J. R. Hines Jr. and M. Veblen) HBS Case 203-008. 

In response to Stanley Work's announcement that it is moving to Bermuda--and the associated jump in market value--a major competitor sets out to determine how the market is valuing the consequences of moving to a tax haven and whether his company should invert to a tax haven. 

(w/ F. Williamson and M. Veblen) HBS Case 202-044. 

Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron. 

(w/ K. Luchs) HBS Case 201-080. 

Project Achieve is a start-up providing information management solutions for schools. Its founders see a need for software both to manage the volumes of information necessary to administer a school and to connect parents, teachers, and students in a more effective way. 

(w/ P. Tufano) HBS Case 201-004.

CSFB equity research analyst Laura Martin publishes a report on valuing Cox Communications that introduces an innovative approach to valuation.

(w/ K. Palepu and V. Rangan) HBS Case 596-099.

A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector.

(w/ S. Mason) HBS Case 295-007. 

Underscores the arbitrage implicit in the pricing of a complex unit of debt and warrants issued by the Coca-Cola Co.

(w/ S. Mason) HBS Case 295-006.

Provides an introduction to zero coupon bonds and stripping coupon bonds. Concerns the relationship between the spot curve, the strip curve, and the coupon curve.