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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | November 2017

  Generating Higher Value at IBM (A) and (B)

  Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

  Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 215-058 and 215-059.

  Keywords: dividends; Share Repurchases; Earnings Guidance; financial statement analysis; Financial ratios; Payout policy; Earnings per Share (EPS); Earnings Management; Change Management; Leadership; Transformation; Financial Strategy;

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  Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Generating Higher Value at IBM (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-037, November 2017.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2017

  The Transformation of Microsoft

  C. Fritz Foley, E. Scott Mayfield and F. Katelynn Boland

  In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to serve customers in ways that would be associated with higher growth but lower margin. Some of these opportunities involved a shift from perpetual licensing to subscription sales. Whatever choices are made must be articulated to investors and employees.

  Keywords: transformation; corporate finance; Growth; Corporate Finance; Valuation; Growth Management; Communication Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; United States;

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  Foley, C. Fritz, E. Scott Mayfield, and F. Katelynn Boland. "The Transformation of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 218-048, October 2017.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | October 2017

  Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern

  Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

  Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-057.

  Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation;

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  Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-035, October 2017.  View Details

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