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Erarac, Ali
WLR Foods and Pilgrim's Pride
Eades, Kenneth M.; Erarac, Ali; Merhige, Katherine
F-1466 | Published December 21, 2005 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case is a sequel to "WLR Foods and Tyson Foods" (UVA-F-1465), which presents the attempted acquisition of WLR by Tyson Foods in 1994. Over the ensuing six years, WLR’s stock price slid consistent... Read More
The Timken Company
Eades, Kenneth M.; Erarac, Ali
F-1472 | Published July 28, 2005 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The acquisition of Torrington, Inc., from Ingersoll-Rand, Inc., required a strategy that met both the investment and financing objectives of the Timken Company. The case provides an excellent example ... Read More
WLR Foods and Tyson Foods
Eades, Kenneth M.; Erarac, Ali; Merhige, Katherine
F-1465 | Published February 01, 2005 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
What are the agency costs of management-owner conflicts? In this case, Tyson Foods attempts to acquire WLR Foods. But WLR management and the poultry farmers who own 20% of it actively oppose the takeo... Read More
Loewen Group, Inc.
Eades, Kenneth M.; Erarac, Ali
F-1448 | Published July 21, 2004 | 14 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case asks students to select and implement a methodology for estimating the damages in a complex lawsuit filed under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Students are given mark... Read More