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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2010 version)

  Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health

  Thomas R. Piper

  The case provides students with (1) an understanding of the essence of long-term financial health; (2) familiarity with the calculation and meaning of various financial ratios; and (3) an understanding of the influence of a company's operating and competitive characteristics on its investment in various type assets, on the profitability of these investments, and on the financial structure of its balance sheet. The case also allows a discussion of (1) the incomplete and lagging nature of financial measures; (2) the influence of financial measures on behavior; and (3) the reality that financial analysis often results in better, more focused questions to be asked of management, not conclusive answers.

  Keywords: Financial Condition; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return; Operations; Competitive Strategy;

  Citation:

  Piper, Thomas R. "Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health." Harvard Business School Background Note 911-412, May 2012. (Revised from original November 2010 version.)

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2011 (Revised from original 2010 version)

  Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health (TN)

  Thomas R. Piper

  Teaching Note for 911412.

  Keywords: Financial Condition; Forecasting and Prediction;

  Citation:

  Piper, Thomas R. "Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 911-415, January 2011. (Revised from original November 2010 version.)

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | 2010

  Monmouth, Inc.

  Thomas R. Piper and Heide Abelli

  The management of Monmouth Inc. is considering whether to acquire the Robertson Tool Company and the value and form that the acquisition should take. Value can be assessed using a variety of approaches including a DCF with WACC analysis, impact on EPS and market multiples. The case also requires the student to consider how the offer should be designed and implemented.

  Keywords: Competitive bidding; Forecasting; Stock offerings; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Valuation, Margins;

  Citation:

  Piper, Thomas R., and Heide Abelli. "Monmouth, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-226, July 2010.

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