| Corporate Finance2 CreditsBU.231.620.62Thursday 6pm – 9pm‚ 10/18/2012--12/13/2012Fall2‚ 2012Columbia‚ Columbia Center‚ 218 | Instructor Shabnam Mousavi Contact Information Phone Number: (410)234-9450 E-mail Address: shabnam@jhu.edu Office Hours Monday/Thursday 10am-noon Required Text and Learning Materials (1) Berk‚ J. and P. DeMarzo. 2007. Corporate Finance. 2nd Edition. Pearson‚ Addison-Wesley with MyLab access. The ISBN is 0-13-295-040-5. (2) Lecture Notes. The lecture
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CASESTUDY: Goodweek Tires‚ Inc. After extensive research and development‚ Goodweek Tires‚Inc.‚ has recently developed a new tire‚ the SuperTread‚ and must decide whether to make the investment necessary to produce and market the SuperTread. The tire would be ideal for drivers doing a large amount of wet weather and off-road driving in addition to its normal freeway usage. The research and development costs so far total about $10 million. The SuperTread would be put on the market beginning this year
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Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? Wal-Mart has viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy because of a number of reasons. First‚ Wal-Mart saw the potential for increased profits and sales in new markets.“After rapid expansion during the 1980s and 1990s‚ Wal-Mart faces limits to growth in its home market and has been forced to look internationally for opportunities”(Ball‚ 2007). Second‚ Wal-Mart saw the need “to protect their
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The keys to the company’s future value and growth are profitability (ROE) and the reinvestment of retained earnings. Retained earnings are determined by dividend payout. The spreadsheet sets ROE at 15% for the five years from 2006 to 2010. If Reeby Sports will lose its competitive edge by 2011‚ then it cannot continue earning more than its 10% cost of capital. Therefore ROE is reduced to 10% starting in 2011. The payout ratio is set at .30 from 2006 onwards. Notice that the long-term growth rate
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SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS‚ FINANCE & MARKETING CORPORATE FINANCE MID SEMESTER TEST FIRST SEMESTER 2008 – Part-time STUDENT DETAILS (Please Print Clearly) Family Name: ___________________________________________________________ First Name: _____________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________ Tel. No: (BH) ___________________________________________________________ Student Number: _________________________________________________________
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concerned with curiosity‚ innovative thinking‚ assimilating new information‚ and open to new experiences. It describes a person’s personality. In the mini cases study Ann Fudge decided that after working 24 years in corporate America‚ she was going to take some time off to figure out her life and have some time to herself. During her time away from corporate America‚ Fudge traveled to different countries to visit and embark on some new experiences. People with this personality trait enjoy traveling to
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Department of Finance‚ HKUST Spring 2013 Email: Xuewenliu@ust.hk Office hour: 13:30-14:30 Tuesday Assessment: Assignments (12%)‚ Midterm-exam (18%)‚ Projects and presentations (15%)‚ and Final exam (55%) Textbooks: 1. Corporate Finance‚ by J. Beck and P. DeMarzo‚ 2nd edition 2011‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc. Hereafter BD. 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy‚ by M. Grinblatt and S. Titman‚ 2nd edition‚ 2002‚ Irwin McGraw Hill. Hereafter GT. I. Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Corporations
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Wenyu Li BUS 581 03/01/2015 Chapter 7 MINI CASE Your employer‚ a mid-sized human resources management company‚ is considering expansion into related fields‚ including the acquisition of Temp Force Company‚ an employment agency that supplies word processor operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporary heavy workloads. Your employer is also considering the purchase of a Biggerstaff & Biggerstaff (B&B)‚ a privately held company owned by two brothers‚ each with 5 million shares of stock
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( Answers to Mini-Case Questions BioCom Inc. This mini-case provides a review of the methodology and rationale associated with the various capital budgeting evaluation methods such as payback period‚ discounted payback period‚ NPV‚ IRR‚ MIRR‚ and PI. 1. Compute the payback period for each project. |Time of Cash Flow |Nano Test Tubes |Microsurgery Kit | |Investment |−$11‚000.00 |−$11‚000.00
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Ben and Jerry’s Introduction: Overview of the Case The corporation of Ben and Jerry’s first began on May 5‚ 1978 in a small town called Burlington located in Virginia. The founders of this ice cream parlor were Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield with only limited funds of $8‚000‚ they produced a famous nationwide parlor that caters to millions of people. Specialty flavors of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough‚ Cherry Garcia‚ Rain Forest Crunch‚ and frozen yogurt are attractions and symbols to the corporation
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