I. CASE FACTS Purinex was a drug-discovery and -development company based in Syracuse‚ New York‚ that sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on its purine drug-development platform. Purine was a naturally occurring molecule that played an important role in numerous biochemical processes. Purinex had developed a process for creating small molecules that acted as selected agonists (activators) or antagonists (blockers) for specific purine receptors in the cell membrane. Purinex’s goal
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her family to have her close to home. Suddenly Erica became more assetive: She initiated a conversation with a manager about her interests and successfully negotiated a transfer to NY. Erica’s triumph over timidity is illuminated by a fascinating study led by the Harvard professor Hannah Riley Bowles. Bowles and her colleagues asked nearly 200 senior executives to sit down in pairs and role-play a salary negotaition‚ with one
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$16.30 per share of PacifiCorp $8.17 + 16.30 = $24.47 (see Exhibit 9) Answer3: The possible explanations in the change in stock price for Berkshire would be for a couple of reasons. One of them is that investors invest based on the behavioral finance theory which implies that their investments are driven by psychological factors. These factors would be that believing that Mr. Buffet is the guru of investment‚ therefore he is right and it must be a very good investment .Moreover looking at the
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Problem This study is commissioned to analyze the Purinex‚ Inc. financing plan‚ which is related to determine the best financing alternative for the company in securing additional cash needed to establish a partnership with a large-capitalization pharmaceutical firm. Gilad Harpaz‚ Purinex’s chief financial officer believes a partnership deal could bring the company to execute its mission‚ developing drugs for the treatment of sepsis and diabetes. However‚ the problem facing Purinex is that—while
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Executive Summary Purinex is a drug discovery and development company based in Syracuse‚ New York. The company sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on Purine‚ which is useful in numerous biochemical processes and its intellectual portfolio of Purinex consists of more than 35 patents‚ pending and issued in the purine field. The company has a headcount of 14 and maintains a chemistry laboratory a few miles from its main office. The company’s target is to develop products that act
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Case Study: Purinex‚ Inc. Introduction The case asks for evaluation of different financing options. Gilad Harpaz is Purinex’s CFO and he needs to determine which one from the three options provides lowest risk‚ highest company value‚ and short term cash for operations. Purinex is a biotechnological company that has 35 patents pending in pharmaceutical field. It is one of the raising stars that may develop new drug for specific use in diabetes and sepsis. Company has 14 employees. Monthly burden
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Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation Fourth Edition July‚ 2002 Robert F. Bruner Distinguished Professor of Business Administration Darden Graduate School of Business Administration University of Virginia Post Office Box 6550 Charlottesville‚ Virginia 22906 Email: brunerr@virginia.edu Web site: http://faculty.darden.edu/brunerb/ ABSTRACT: This book presents 46 case studies in finance‚ targeted toward upper-level undergraduates and introductory and intermediate-level MBA
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Case study 1 (a) What is the intrinsic value? A: The intrinsic value is a way to estimate the real value of a company or a capital‚ according to the present value of its future cash flow. Why is the intrinsic value so important? A: Intrinsic value is all important and is the only logical way to evaluate the relative attractiveness of investments and businesses. It shows investors the growth ability and profitability of the company or capital‚ which focus on its future trends. How to estimate
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NOVA School of Business and Economics Corporate Finance‚ 2nd Semester 2012/2013 Case Study TOSCO is a company listed in the Portuguese Stock Exchange operating a supermarket chain established in Portugal for many years. The market for traditional food retailers is saturated‚ and there is no room for growth under the same business model. TOSCO’s shareholders have been pressuring the management to pursue new opportunities in order to increase the value of their shares. The management
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talks and Scott Royster‚ the CFO of Radio One‚ continued to expand their radio station throughout the Eastern US‚ even going further north‚ like Detroit‚ MI. In May 1999‚ Liggins led the company to its IPO and by the end of their fiscal year Radio One‚ Inc. recorded a $81.7 million in net revenue‚ defined as revenue from local and national advertising less agency commissions. This was equivalent to an average growth rate of 51% over three years. In 1992 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) relaxed
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