| {"id": "finance-preview-dg04", "title": "Diagnose margin pressure", "category": "diagnostic", "information_cutoff": "2021-12", "question": "What diagnosis should you make of Company CI recent margin pressure at the anchor?", "brief": "What diagnosis should you make of Company CI recent margin pressure at the anchor?\n\nYou are evaluating the case at the 2021-12 anchor. Use only the case materials available at that anchor.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-dg04", "preview_only": true} | |
| {"id": "finance-preview-pr02", "title": "Assess demand resilience", "category": "predictive", "information_cutoff": "2021-12", "question": "Would you expect Company CI to be relatively resilient if demand conditions weakened after the anchor?", "brief": "Would you expect Company CI to be relatively resilient if demand conditions weakened after the anchor?\n\nUse the case materials available at the anchor to answer the question. Do not use information after the anchor.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-pr02", "preview_only": true} | |
| {"id": "finance-preview-ex01", "title": "Explain investment significance", "category": "explanatory", "information_cutoff": "2022-06", "question": "Why did Company CI recent margin pressure matter for the investment case at the anchor?", "brief": "Why did Company CI recent margin pressure matter for the investment case at the anchor?\n\nUse the case materials below to answer the question at the 2022-06 anchor. Explain the investment significance of Company CI recent margin pressure using only information available at the anchor.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-ex01", "preview_only": true} | |
| {"id": "finance-preview-qn02", "title": "Read relative market position", "category": "quantitative", "information_cutoff": "2022-06", "question": "What does the segment-share exhibit imply about Company CI relative market position?", "brief": "What does the segment-share exhibit imply about Company CI relative market position?\n\nUse the case materials below to answer the question. Make a defensible inference from the exhibit and explain the evidence you rely on.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-qn02", "preview_only": true} | |
| {"id": "finance-preview-cf01", "title": "Reshape the financing structure", "category": "counterfactual", "information_cutoff": "2022-09", "question": "Had Company BR declined to roll equity and provide a seller note, how would Company ED have had to reshape the capital structure to close at the same price, and how would risk-sharing shift?", "brief": "Had Company BR declined to roll equity and provide a seller note, how would Company ED have had to reshape the capital structure to close at the same price, and how would risk-sharing shift?\n\nUse the case materials below to answer the question. Base your analysis only on information available by the anchor date.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-cf01", "preview_only": true} | |
| {"id": "finance-preview-cp02", "title": "Assess the entry valuation", "category": "comparative", "information_cutoff": "2022-09", "question": "Company ED is negotiating to acquire Company CI at a $14 billion enterprise value. Measured against how public equity markets value comparable HVAC manufacturers, is that entry price attractive?", "brief": "Company ED is negotiating to acquire Company CI at a $14 billion enterprise value. Measured against how public equity markets value comparable HVAC manufacturers, is that entry price attractive?\n\nYou are advising Company ED deal team on the proposed Company CI from Company BR as of the deal-table discussions. Using only the case material provided, assess Company CI $14 billion entry valuation against the multiples of publicly traded HVAC manufacturers, and reach a view on whether the entry price is attractive.\n\nGround every claim in the case evidence. Commit to a clear conclusion and explain the reasoning that supports it.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-cp02", "preview_only": true} | |
| {"id": "finance-preview-st06", "title": "Choose the gating diligence workstream", "category": "strategic", "information_cutoff": "2022-09", "question": "Which diligence workstream should Company ED treat as gating before signing the carve-out?", "brief": "Which diligence workstream should Company ED treat as gating before signing the carve-out?\n\nYou are advising Company ED at the September 2022 signing decision for the Company CI. Use only the provided pre-anchor case materials to identify which diligence workstream should be treated as gating before signing, and explain why that workstream should control the go/no-go decision.", "harbor_url": "https://hub.harborframework.com/tasks/dissei/finance-preview-st06", "preview_only": true} | |