Joanne Jackson June 1‚ 2011 Corporate Finance 620 M 600-950 Ch. 12 Mini Case A. Do you think Adam Lee should develop a strategic plan for the company? Why? What are the central elements of such a plan? What is the role of finance in a strategic plan? Yes. The goal of companies is to create more wealth for the owners and for financial managers to make their company more valuable and without well designed strategic and tactical plans in place it is impossible to do. The central
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CHAPTER 6: EFFICIENT DIVERSIFICATION 1.E(rP) = (0.5 16%) + (0.4 10%) + (0.10 6%) = 12.6% 2.a.The mean return should be less than the value computed in the spreadsheet. The fund’s return is 5% lower in a recession‚ but only 3% higher in a boom. The variance of returns should be greater than the value in the spreadsheet‚ reflecting the greater dispersion of outcomes in the three scenarios. b.Calculation of mean return and variance for the stock fund: (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) Scenario Probability
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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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CHAPTER 3 Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making Chapter Synopsis 3.1 Valuing Decisions When considering an investment opportunity‚ a financial manager must systematically compare the costs and benefits associated with the project in order to determine whether it is worthwhile. Determining the cash value today of the costs and benefits is one way to make such a comparison. In a competitive market‚ a good can be bought and sold at the same price‚ so the market price can be used to determine
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Chapter One Basic Areas of Finance: 1. Corporate Finance = Business Finance 2. Investments a. Work with financial assets such as stocks and bonds. b. Value of financial assets‚ risk verses return and asset allocation. c. Job opportunities. 3. Financial Institutions a. Companies that specialize in financial matters. i. Banks – Credit unions‚ savings‚ and loans. ii. Insurance Companies iii. Brokerage Firms b. Job Opportunities. 4. International Finance a. An area of specialization within each of the
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Minicase #17 Electronic Timing‚ Inc. Electronic Timing‚ Inc. (ETI)‚ is a small company founded 15 years ago by electronics engineers Tom Miller and Jessica Kerr. ETI manufactures integrated circuits to capitalize on the complex mixed-signal design technology and has recently entered the market for frequency timing generators‚ or silicon timing devices‚ which provide the timing signals or “clocks” necessary to synchronize electronic systems. Its clock products originally were used in PC video
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Chapter 2: Foundations of Quality Management TRUE/FALSE 1. Deming laid out a “quality improvement program” for companies such as Ford‚ GM‚ and Procter & Gamble‚ when invited to work with them to improve their quality. ANS: F DIF: Difficulty: Easy NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: A-Head: The Deming Philosophy KEY: Bloom’s: Knowledge 2. Unlike other management gurus and consultants‚ Deming defined and described quality precisely. ANS: F DIF: Difficulty: Easy NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: A-Head:
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Company has a separate legal entity from its members‚ can sue or be sued on its own behalf. As illustrated in Foss v Harbottle (1843)‚ the proper plaintiff is the company itself. In other words‚ directors have the power to decide whether or not to sue in protection of the company. However‚ very often‚ the persons who commit misconduct are the major controller of the company and improbable to permit the company to sue. A common law right is therefore reserved for shareholders to sue the wrongdoers
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FORMULAS TIME VALUE OF MONEY PV (simple without compounding) = FV/1+r FV (simple without compounding) = PV (1+r) PV (compounding) = FV / (1+r)n FV (compounding) = PV (1+r)n PV (for monthly‚ daily or bi-annually basis) = FV / (1+r/m)n*m FV (for monthly‚ daily or bi-annually basis) = PV(1+r/m)n*m To find interest rate: FV = PV (1+r(?))n (FV and PV are given) APR (Annual Present Rate) = r * Total days in a year/given days In Excel: =RATE(n‚pmt‚PV) EAR (Effective Annual Rate)
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