Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (B)

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Off-Balance Sheet Leases in the Restaurant Industry

Amid growing concerns from credit bureaus about off-balance sheet liabilities, an analyst from a major credit rating agency was asked to give a talk on off-balance sheet liabilities, the strategic analysis between leasing and buying. real estate, and lease accounting.

The Financial Detective, 2016

This is an updated version of The Financial Detective, 2005 (UVAF1486). The case presents students with financial metrics for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to link the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the metrics. The main objective of this case is to introduce students to the analysis …

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Hospital Corp. of America (B)

It focuses on HCA funding opportunities to meet its target capital structure. Options include a new convertible bond stock conversion, a debt currency swap, asset sales, and fixed income debt. Students must address the issue of timing and market signaling when choosing financing instruments.

BreatheScreen Inc. Transaction Analysis and Financial Statements

Dr. John Anderson plans to license a technology to develop a device that helps doctors detect cancer early. Patients would breathe directly into the device, which analyzes a user’s breathing for traces of key compounds associated with the most common cancers. In addition to eliminating the need for invasive biopsy procedures, the screening tool would …

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Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision

In 2016, the new CEO of Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals launched an Economic Value Added (EVA) program to align the company with long-term shareholder value. The EVA program consists of three elements: EVA centers (business units), EVA drivers (operating practices that improve EVA results), and an EVA-based incentive program for eligible managers. Over the next two years, …

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Maumee Commercial Dining Products, Inc.

When this happens, students must determine which financial metrics to focus on for the company and what is the best way to communicate, explain, and bring those metrics to life so that the company’s non-financial intermediate scorecard makes sense and internalizes knowledge. obtained from these relationships. Integrated into this task, students must: (1) understand the …

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