Problem set 2 16-1. Gladstone Corporation is about to launch a new product. Depending on the success of the new product‚ Gladstone may have one of four values next year: $150 million‚ $135 million‚ $95 million‚ and $80 million. These outcomes are all equally likely‚ and this risk is diversifiable. Gladstone will not make any payouts to investors during the year. Suppose the risk-free interest rate is 5% and assume perfect capital markets. a. What is the initial value of Gladstone’s equity
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Corporate Finance Syllabus Spring 2009 Prof. Anna Scherbina UC Davis Graduate School of Management Office: 126 AOB IV Tel: 530.754.8076 e-mail: ascherbina@ucdavis.edu Course Focus We will explore how corporations make financial decisions through the analysis of Harvard Business School cases. Should a firm undertake a new investment opportunity‚ raise equity‚ acquire another firm‚ or conduct an IPO? How should small firms manage their working capital? How fast should a firm grow
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the determinants of corporate investment‚ financing‚ hedging‚ payout‚ and executive compensation policies. The course will provide an analysis of the determinants of each policy as well as the implications for shareholder value. While the basic economic insights will be presented through simple examples‚ the course is quantitative in nature. Course material The reference textbook is Corporate Finance by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo‚ Pearson International Edition‚ 2nd Edition‚ (BDM hereafter).
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Week 1: Introduction to Corporate Finance 1.4. Assignment 1a Due date: January 30‚ 2011 Instruction: Please submit your assignment as an attachment to my Blackboard E-mail by midnight on the due date Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile
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[pic] ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE ANSWER KEY MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes | | | | |INSTRUCTIONS | | |
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The Scope Of Corporate Finance Professor Dr. Rainer Stachuletz Corporate Finance Berlin School of Economics Finance Career Opportunities Corporate Finance • Budgeting‚ financial forecasting‚ cash management‚ credit administration‚ investment analysis‚ fund procurement Commercial Banking Investment Banking Money Management 2 • Consumer banking • Corporate banking • High income potential • Very competitive industry • Opportunities in investment advisory firms‚ mutual fund companies
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Corporate Finance Career Overview If you work in private enterprise‚ your company measures its success at the end of the year by comparing how much money it made to how much it spent. If it has made more than it has spent‚ it was a good year. If it has made less than it has spent‚ it was a bad year—or the company is in an investment phase. (In other words‚ like Amazon.com‚ it spent more than it made because the company and its investors believed it would realize a profit in the near future
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10. Embryonic industries‚ Growth industries‚ Shakeout industry‚ Mature industry and Decline industry 11. 12. 13. (Not important) 14. Economies of scale Learning / Experience curve Capacity utilization Linkage among activities Interrelationship among business units Degree of vertical integration Timing of market entry Firm’s policy of cost or differentiation Geographical location Institutional factor (regulation‚ union activity‚ taxes‚ etc.) 15. Technology is employed to some degree
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ADM 3350 M Winter 2010 CORPORATE FINANCE MIDTERM EXAMINATION – February 10th‚ 2010 Professor: Kaouthar LAJILI‚ PhD.‚ CGA Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes Part I 15 Part II 35 TOTAL 50 NAME: __________________________________________ STUDENT #: ________________________ PART I: Multiple Choice Questions (15 points) Please circle the correct answer 1. In an EPS-EBI graphical relationship‚ the slope of
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All income (also called revenue) is recorded as a credit. All expenses and debt are recorded as debits. Asset accounts: Cash‚ bank‚ accounts receivable‚ inventory‚ land‚ buildings/plant‚ machinery‚ furniture‚ equipment‚ vehicles‚ trademarks and patents‚ goodwill‚ prepaid expenses‚ debtors (people who owe us money)‚ etc. Liability accounts: Accounts payable‚ salaries and wages payable‚ income taxes‚ bank overdrafts‚ trust accounts‚ accrued expenses‚ sales taxes‚ advance payments (unearned
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