Alamo National Corporation: When Solvency Matters This brief case study illustrates that issues external to the actual value or sale of intangible assets can sometimes have substantial impact on the value of those same assets. In the case of ANC Corporation, the contex...... >>Read More

AstroTurf: How NOT to Maximize Value AstroTurf ranks first in illustrating a particular lesson. Time can be an enemy to value when dealing with intangible assets. The interests of a lender can be very different than the interests of the borrower or owner of...... >>Read More

Collins & Aikman: A Tale of Two Venues The 2005 case involving New York-based Collins & Aikman operations worldwide provides an instructive case study on the differences in how intangible assets are treated in different geographies....... >>Read More

Jenny Craig: Leveraging Intangible Assets to Build Value This case study provides an excellent and objective lesson on how to build a company's value by extending and leveraging its intangible assets. Jenny Craig was preparing for a near term sale or acquisition of its assets ...... >>Read More

The Marlon Brando Estate: Publicity Rights as Intangible Assets Several months after Marlon Brando’s death in the summer of 2004, counsel and executors for his estate sought advice on publicity rights – whether they had value, and, if so, what was the residual value (if any) of t...... >>Read More

Montgomery Ward: Uncovering Hidden Jewels through Asset Identification In the 2001-2002 Montgomery Ward wind-down, the key to extracting maximum value was to engage in the identification and triage process. Thorough research and identification of all of the company’s intangibles was neede...... >>Read More

Morgan Confections: How Mismanagement Destroys Value The Morgan Confections Company case defines how management (or as in this case, mismanagement,) can grossly affect the value of a company’s intangible assets – and, by extension, the value of its tangible assets. Mor...... >>Read More

Service Merchandise: A Broad Range of Asset Classes In 2002, Service Merchandise went from Chapter 11 to a plan to liquidate the assets. Service Merchandise had done an internal inventory and audit of their intangible assets prior to retaining a team of professional inta...... >>Read More

Egg.Com: Pricing a Bank’s Intangible Assets In 2005, we were asked to value the intangible assets of a relatively new but rapidly growing bank based in the United Kingdom. The context of our assignment was to enable our client, the potential purchaser, to make a r...... >>Read More

The Great Tom Clancy Divorce - A Case Study Divorce. The very word sends shivers down the spines of all parties involved. The spouses, the lawyers, the accountants, the finders of fact....... >>Read More