Q1. Why is Amazon’s cash cycle so much shorter than that of competitor Barnes & Noble? How does this comparison affect financial management decisions of other retailers? The market value of Amazon is much higher than Barnes & Noble. They are also in better marketing position then Barnes and Noble. Barnes & Noble has been on the rocks for a long time and failed to make headway in international markets with their Nook ereaders. The best answer I can give is because Amazon is a much larger company
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the firm’s assets and future growth (dependent on decisions and strategies pursued) Without taking into account the way the business is financed. Exclude the tax savings from interest‚ because they are included in the discount rate‚ WACC‚ or separately in APV. The net CF available for distribution to shareholders after paying for future investments and paying for non-equity holders If the firm is an all equity firm‚ then FCFF=FCFE How Do You Calculate FCFE? Two Ways of FCFF Calculations
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Wrigley stock? d. Earnings per share? e. Debt interest coverage ratios and financial flexibility? f. Voting control by the Wrigley family? 3. What is Wrigley’s current (prerecapitalization) weighted-average cost of capital (WACC)? 4. What would you expect to happen to Wrigley’s WACC if it issued $3 billion in debt and used the proceeds to pay a dividend or
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Corporate Financing Decision: 0 NPV transaction (not always 0 NPV‚ subsidy= pos npv‚ creating new security) Efficient Capital Markets: price reflects available info‚ investors receive fair price when interact‚ firms get fair price for securities it sells Pt= Pt-1 + Expected $ return given risk + Random price error Rt= E(Rt) + Error t (abnormal return‚ efficient mkt makes unpredictable) Rt= Rft + B(Rmt – Rft) Weak: past market info‚ weak form efficiency‚ tech analysis will fail Semi-Strong:
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the past few decades. We will begin with an overview of two commonly used approaches that build the foundation of all valuation – the intrinsic valuation and the relative valuation. We will explore two types of discounted cash flow models – the WACC-based approach and the Adjusted Present Value approach. We will also discuss the implementation and limits of the market multiples method‚ and establish the link between the intrinsic and relative valuation. The bulk of the course will be spent
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CONCEPT QUESTIONS - CHAPTER 14 14.1 List the three ways financing decisions can create value. 1. Fool investors 2. Reduce costs or increase subsidies 3. Create a new security 14.2 How do you define an efficient market? It is a market where current prices reflect all available information. Name the three foundations of market efficiency? Rationality‚ independent deviations from rationality and arbitrage 14.3 How would you describe the three forms of the efficient-market hypotheses
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Executive summary 2 PART 1: Valuation of the Yell Group 3 LBO Potential 3 Financial structure 3 Ownership structure 4 Potential cultural differences 4 Valuation 4 PART 2 : Readings 10 Bond prices and takeovers 10 Abnormal Bond Returns 10 Impact on bond returns of different legal standards in case of cross-border acquisitions 11 Sources of financing takeovers 11 References 14 Executive summary The Yell group is consists of BT Yellow Book Yellow Pages USA and
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Forthcoming Journal of Applied Finance‚ Financial Management Association The Exxon-Mobil Merger: An Archetype J. Fred Weston* The Anderson School at UCLA University of California‚ Los Angeles jweston@anderson.ucla.edu February 26‚ 2002 Fred Weston is Professor of Finance Emeritus Recalled‚ the Anderson School at the University of California Los Angeles. Thanks to Matthias Kahl‚ Samuel C. Weaver‚ Juan Siu‚ Brian Johnson‚ and Kelley Coleman for contributions. The paper also benefited from
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TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY Faculty of Management – Recanati Business School 1231.3340 Financial Management Prof. Shmuel Kandel Spring 2004 Course Description and Outline The objective of this course is to develop decision-making ability based on Corporate Finance theory. Hence‚ it combines lectures with case analysis. The course and the cases deal with selected topics in Corporate Finance such as valuation‚ capital budgeting‚ cost of capital‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ capital structure
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Bilal Al- Qureshi‚ Said Business School‚ University of Oxford 2010 American Chemical Corporation HBS Case Number: 9-290-102 Executive Summary The American Chemical Corporation (AMC) is a large‚ diversified chemical producer. In 1979‚ AMC was forced to issue a tender to sell a Sodium Chlorate plant‚ near Collinsville‚ Alabama. Dixon‚ a specialty chemicals company‚ was willing to purchase the aforementioned plant for $12m with the option to invest a further $2.25m on laminate technology. The
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