Let’s get all the weird stuff out of the way first. A four man team based out of a bungalow in Karachi is doing interesting stuff in Finance. They are trying to teach it to the world. What started off as a personal journey to
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is one of the top makers of computer microprocessors. It had $2.86 billion in total net revenue for 1999. Their Athlon, Duron, and K-6x processors are considered to be some of the best processors currently available in today’s market. In 1999
While most investors prefer the C-Corp form, an entrepreneur is evaluating the decision to adopt a corporate form in isolation from investor preferences. While an LLC makes it difficult to add members and issues shares relative to other forms, this case reviews the challenges associated
The Baldwin Piano Master Case illustrates the fortunes of a company that has fallen on difficult and has just renewed it revolving line of credit with a lender. The case follows the informal discussion and outline of a credit memo but stops short of loan
On the 300th anniversary of the modern Piano, Baldwin Piano is struggling to survive. It is the perfect Turnaround case. When we first looked at Baldwin’s numbers and its historical performance, we saw a dying industry, a shrinking market, cheaper imports, bad investment bets, distracted
Context A startup firm is concerned about three key tax issues. What is the optimal form of business organization for a startup firm? In case of liquidity event are there are any steps that founders can take to reduce their tax liability? Is the optimal
While the Credit Analysis course started the discussion on financial and operating leverage and the thinking behind the borrowing decision, the Credit Process course focuses on the lending side of the equation. Master Class: Credit Process: Mindset Master Class: Credit Process: Understanding the language –
Using Office Depot as an example the case walks through liquidity, leverage, productivity and profitability ratios in two separate iterations. This case is the first in a two part series that compares Office Depot with Staples using the principles of ratio Analysis. Office Depot is
In this session we will work with the Cash Flow Statement of Office Depot and see what the numbers tell us. Office Depot is a retailer of office supplies in the US market. Remember that the statement shows what the firm’s beginning and ending cash