CaseWorks: Case Study
Winter 2012

Microsoft’s Attempt to Acquire Yahoo: A Case in Letters

Wei Jiang

Should Yahoo have accepted Microsoft’s 2008 acquisition offer?

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Fall 2012

Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Robert Fallon

Can Korean-owned Hynix Semiconductor stay afloat without accepting US-based Micron Technology’s offer to acquire the company?

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Spring 2013

Sedona: The End of a PIPE Dream

Lawrence R. Glosten

Sedona Corporation: How did a PIPE transaction prove almost fatal for an Internet company?

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Fall 2012

California Dreamin’: The Mess at CalPERS

Andrew Ang
Jeremy Abrams

Was the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) beyond saving in its present form?

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Summer 2012

Morgan Stanley: The Challenge of Change In a Post-Crisis World

Damon Phillips

Would CEO James Gorman succeed in helping Morgan Stanley maintain its position as a preeminent financial institution during challenging times?

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Fall 2012

Diversification and Corporate Scope

Jerry Kim
Bruce Kogut

When does corporate diversification and expansion enhance shareholder value?

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Fall 2012

Key Account Management at Siemens: The Executive Relationship Program

Noel Capon
Christian Wallner

Was Siemens’s Executive Relationship Program sustainable in its current form?

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Fall 2012

The Synergy Limitation Paradox

Kathryn Rudie Harrigan

How can a firm avoid a failed acquisition—i.e., one in which it does not recover its costs?

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Fall 2012

Plas-tek Industries

Murray Low

How might the son of the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing firm succeed as his father’s successor?

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