Strategic Corporate Finance: Applications in Valuation and Capital Structure

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Steve O’Byrne for kindly providing the impetus and resources to produce this book. I would also like to thank Don Chew for his help, and David Champion and Krista Pettit, for teaching me not to write like a scientist. Joel Stern and Bennett Stewart deserve special thanks for their original inspiration, as well as Paul Pilorz and the many other Stern Stewart alum who have provided a valuable sounding board and support network over the years.

Thanks also to the many coverage bankers who repeatedly entrusted me with clients and their questions: Bill Brenizer, Kevin Cox, Rob DiGia, Hakan Erixon, David Gately, Chris Hite, Andrew Horrocks, Tom Ito, Eric Kaye, Karl Knapp, Jan Krizan, Michael Martin, David McCreery, Jeff McDermott, Steve Meehan, Evan Newmark, Michael Robinson, Alejandro Przybygoda, Jeff Sine, Steve Trauber, and Brian Webber, just to name a few. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of the many capital markets bankers who invested time with me on client issues, aiding my own understanding of their respective “crafts,” including, Arun Bansal, Mike Collins, John Doherty, Craig Fitt, Tad Flynn, Adam Frieman, Brian Jennings, Michael Katz, Ryan Lee, Kevin Reynolds, Matt Sperling, Tim Steele, Christian Stewart, Selim Toker, and Adriaan VanDerKnapp. From research, I thank Stephen Cooper and his team. Thanks also to Armen Hovakimian and Tom Copeland for methodological assistance, and the many consulting and banking analysts, who ...