Paramount Equipment, Inc. (Brief Case)
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Wei Wang. "Paramount Equipment, Inc. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 914-558, July 2014. View Details
Case | HBS Case Collection | July 2014 Paramount Equipment, Inc.by Carliss Y. Baldwin and Wei Wang |
Paramount Equipment, Inc., based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a large manufacturer of cranes and compact construction equipment, aerial work platforms, and food service equipment. Founded in 1987, Paramount now had manufacturing operations in 24 countries. However, it lost its competitive position because it took on too much debt in the form of bank borrowings relative to the risk level of its business. Now the company must seek funding and guarantees in order to restructure its debt. Paramount's future depends on whether existing lenders, management, and the government of Ontario—where the company employs more than 7,000—can reach a feasible restructuring and refinancing plan fast and whether Paramount was able to secure a capital injection from new investors. Students must determine the optimal capital structure policy consistent with competitive risks and assess available tools for financing a company in financial distress. The case requires students to perform only limited quantitative analysis and is ideal for use in first-year MBA courses in financial strategy or corporate finance. It would also work well in advanced undergraduate finance courses that cover capital structure and financial distress.
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Wei Wang. "Paramount Equipment, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-557, July 2014.
Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | July 2014
Paramount Equipment, Inc. (Brief Case)
Carliss Y. Baldwin and Wei Wang
Citation:
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Wei Wang. "Paramount Equipment, Inc. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 914-558, July 2014. View DetailsSupplement | HBS Case Collection | July 2014
Paramount Equipment, Inc., Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case)
Carliss Y. Baldwin and Wei Wang
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Wei Wang. "Paramount Equipment, Inc., Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 914-559, July 2014. View DetailsSupplement | HBS Case Collection | July 2014
Paramount Equipment, Inc., Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)
Carliss Y. Baldwin and Wei Wang
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Wei Wang. "Paramount Equipment, Inc., Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 914-560, July 2014. View DetailsCase | HBS Case Collection | November 2019
Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)
Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
Keywords: markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations;
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and W. Carl Kester. "Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 220-043, November 2019. View DetailsWorking Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2019
Keywords: open platforms; bottlenecks; flow production; Value Capture; disintermediation; Production; Management;
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 16 Capturing Value by Controlling Bottlenecks in Open Platform Systems." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-054, November 2019. View DetailsWorking Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2019
Keywords: open platforms; bottlenecks; Wintel platform; disintermediation; Hardware; Software; Business History; Computer Industry;
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 17 The Wintel Standards-based Platform." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-055, November 2019. View Details