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Introduction: Corporate Restructuring: Challenges and Opportunities -- Restructuring Creditors' Claims -- The Loewen Group Inc. -- National Convenience Stores Incorporated -- Continental Airlines--1992 -- Flagstar Companies, Inc. -- Alphatec Electronics Pcl -- Investing in Distressed Situations: A Market Survey -- Restructuring Shareholders' Claims -- Humana Inc.: Managing in a Changing Industry -- USX Corporation -- Donald Salter Communications Inc. -- Restructuring Employees' Claims -- Navistar International -- Scott Paper Company -- FAG Kugelfischer: A German Restructuring -- Chase Manhattan Corporation: The Making of America's Largest Bank -- UAL Corporation -- Closing the Value Gap: A Simple Framework for Analyzing Corporate Restructuring -- Valuing Companies in Corporate Restructurings: Technical Note.

A collection of case studies illustrates real-world techniques, implementation, and strategies on corporate restructuring Over the period 1981-1998, public companies with combined assets of over half a trillion dollars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Over the same period, over 400 public companies underwent corporate spin-offs, divesting businesses valued at more than 250 billion. Each of these companies, and all of these dollars, were in some way or another involved in corporate restructuring. Gilson's cases studies have been used extensively in executive programs and are perfect tools to refer to when faced with real-world corporate restructuring issues. Stuart C. Gilson (Boston, MA) is an Associate Professor at Harvard University and a widely acknowledged expert on corporate restructuring. He has studied and published on the intricacies of both domestic and international corporate restructuring.