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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2006 (Revised November 2017)

  Kerr-McGee

  Robin Greenwood and André Perold

  Activist investors Carl Icahn and Barry Rosenstein acquire a stake in Oklahoma-based company Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their chemicals business. The case protagonist, Luke Corbett, CEO, opposes these changes.

  Keywords: Restructuring; Chemicals; Equity; Investment; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; United States;

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  Greenwood, Robin, and André Perold. "Kerr-McGee." Harvard Business School Case 207-020, November 2006. (Revised November 2017.)  View Details

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | December 2004 (Revised October 2017)

  Subscriber Models

  Mihir Desai, Robin Greenwood, Scott Mayfield and Lucy White

  Introduces the subscriber model as an alternative valuation framework for firms whose revenues can be traced to repeated transactions with customers.

  Keywords: Valuation; Corporate Finance;

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  Desai, Mihir, Robin Greenwood, Scott Mayfield, and Lucy White. "Subscriber Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-061, December 2004. (Revised October 2017.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2014 (Revised June 2016)

  Barclays Bank, 2008

  Lucy White, Steve Burn-Murdoch and Jerome Lenhardt

  In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the two deals to determine which is more expensive, and must decide whether avoiding the constraints of government ownership is worth the extra cost.

  Keywords: government and business; option contract; corporate finance; finance; bank capital; bank regulation; Finance; Banking Industry; Europe; North and Central America;

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  White, Lucy, Steve Burn-Murdoch, and Jerome Lenhardt. "Barclays Bank, 2008." Harvard Business School Case 215-027, October 2014. (Revised June 2016.)  View Details

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