We study the pricing effects of dividend and earnings announcements by taking advantage of the unique setting in Japan where managers simultaneously announce the current year's dividends and earnings as well as forecasts of next year's dividends and earnings. Defining surprises as deviations...

Cameron Harding has just opened his own business, and needs to get health insurance for himself and his fiancé, Audra. They are looking for a plan that will best meet their needs, but Harding knows little about the world of health insurance. Luckily, Harding's uncle, a senior salesman at a...

This case tracks a woman named Jodi as she dreams of going back to school in her early 30s to become a nurse. Jodi had put off higher education for 15 years after she became pregnant with her son as a junior in high school. But now, with her son only a few years away from leaving the house for...

A totally revised new edition of the bestselling guide to business school basics The bestselling book that invented the "MBA in a book" category, The Portable MBA Fifth Edition is a reliable and information-packed guide to the business school curriculum and experience. For years, professionals...

The bankruptcy of Revco Drug Stores is one of the most notable in the history of highly leveraged transactions. This study considers the allegation that the leveraged buyout of Revco left it without adequate capital to survive. We use Monte Carlo simulation to determine Revco's financial...