Richard S. Ruback

1954

• HBR guide to buying a small business
• An economic view of the market for corporate control
• An overview of takeover defenses
• Assessing competition in the market for corporate acquisitions
• Calculating the present value of riskless cash flows
• Coercive dual class exchange offers
• Corporate investments in common stock
• Effects of nominal contracting on stock returns
• The Conoco takeover and stockholder returns
• Case problems in finance
• Do target shareholders lose in unsuccessful control contests ?
• HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business