Keywords

business divestiture, MBA transition, customer continuity

Abstract

Sarah Barnett has decided to go back to school to earn an MBA. For several years she has run a graphic design business. Sarah has unexpectedly been accepted into the MBA program with a scholarship a year earlier than she planned. Classes begin in two weeks and the school she is attending does not allow first year MBAs to work outside of the school curriculum. Sarah has decided to divest her business and now must consider several options to do so. She is most concerned about making sure her customers continue to receive outstanding service, and secondarily concerned about selling the business for enough to pay off the business debt and to help pay her living expenses while she is a graduate student.

Original Publication Citation

Sunrise Presentations: A Study in Valuing and Divesting a Small Business, with Cyndi Barrus, Amy Cyr, and Jessica West, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol. 20, Iss. 1, 2018, 43-56.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Finance

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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