Aswath Damodaran 2 THE OBJECTIVE IN CORPORATE FINANCE “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does’nt maCer how you get there” First Principles 3 Aswath Damodaran 3 The Classical Viewpoint 4 ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Van Horne: "In this book‚ we assume that the objecKve of the firm
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Corporate Finance Revision List Topic | Study Program | The Realm of Corporate Finance and Efficient Market Hypothesis | * Overview of finance’s main functions & its importance to organisations. * Importance of value creation as the primary objective of managers * Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) | Financial Statement Analysis | * Overview of calculating & interpreting accounting & financial ratios from corporate financial statements & understanding their significance in corporate
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Fundamentals of finance By the end of this reading‚ you will understand What the field of Financial is? How Financial Markets work? What different financial products are? What is Finance? Finance is the study of how and under what terms money are allocated between lenders and borrowers. The term finance may incorporate any of the following: o The study of money and other assets o The management and control of those assets o Profiling and managing project risks Finance is distinct from
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WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 1 Week 4 Assignment 1 Edwin Lopez-Petrilli Professor William Hall Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Tuesday July 26‚ 2011 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 2 Explain why market prices are useful to a financial manager. Financial managers are tasked with making investment decisions‚ financing‚ and managing cash flows from operating activities therefore when prices from competitive markets determine the cash value of goods and the price determines the value of the goods. Financial
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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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Chapter 7 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. To make sure the Japanese operations replicated the "Starbuck’s experience" in North America‚ Starbucks insisted on all of the following except: A. stores are required to adhere to the design parameters established in the U.S. B. all store managers and employees are required to attend training classes similar to those given to U.S. employees. C. transferring some employees to the Japanese operation
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Chapter 025 Mergers and Acquisitions Multiple Choice Questions 1. The complete absorption of one company by another‚ wherein the acquiring firm retains its identity and the acquired firm ceases to exist as a separate entity‚ is called a: A. merger. b. consolidation. c. tender offer. d. spinoff. e. divestiture. SECTION: 25.1 TOPIC: MERGER TYPE: DEFINITIONS 2. A merger in which an entirely new firm is created and both the acquired and acquiring firms cease to exist is called a: a
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Overview of Relevant Formulas Corporate Finance (B40.2302) _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Present value of $1 to be received after t years at discount rate r: 2. Present value of annuity of $1 per year for t years at discount rate r: $1 (1 + r )t ⎡1 − (1 + r ) − t ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ × $1 r ⎣ ⎦ 1 ⎡ (1 + g )t ⎤ 3. Present value of growing annuity of $1 at rate g per year at discount rate r: ⎢1 − ⎥ × $1 r − g ⎣ (1 + r )t ⎦ $1 r 4. Present value
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Chapter 7 Problem Summary Problem Solutions 7.1 See file Ch7.1.xls a. Yes‚ a stationary model seems appropriate b. Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95% Upper 95% Lower 95.0% Upper 95.0% Intercept 20.16667 1.373732 14.6802 4.3E-08 17.1058 23.22753 17.1058 23.22753 Period -0.07692 0.186653 -0.41212 0.688949 -0.49281 0.338967 -0.49281 0.338967 From regression output‚ t = -.412 and p = .689. A stationary model seems appropriate since the linear term‚ Period
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Chapter Seven Customer‐Driven Marketing Strategy: Creating Value for Target Customers Chapter 7- slide 1 Customer-Driven Marketing Strategy: Creating Value for Target Customers Topic Outline • Market Segmentation • Market Targeting • Differentiation and Positioning Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 7- slide 2 Market Segmentation Market segmentation is the process that companies use to divide large heterogeneous markets into small markets
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