MF 39‚4 Ownership structure‚ capital structure‚ and performance of group affiliation 404 Evidence from Taiwanese group-affiliated firms Received 25 December 2011 Revised 13 September 2012 18 December 2012 Accepted 18 December 2012 Jonchi Shyu Department of Business Administration‚ National Taiwan University of Science and Technology‚ Taiwan‚ Republic of China Abstract Purpose – This study seeks to examine how agency problems and internal capital markets in group-affiliated
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4-6 | Risk‚ Return and the Cost of Capital | 4 | Week 7-9 | Corporate Financing and Capital Structure | 5 | Week 10 | Payout Policy | 6 | Week 11 | The Efficient Markets Hypothesis and Behavioural Finance | 7 | Week 12-15 | Introduction to Option Pricing Theory | Coverage: 1. Project Evaluation Criteria Market-based project evaluation criteria‚ Net Present Value (NPV)‚ Internal Rate of Return (IRR)‚ Profitability Index (PI) Relevant costs in capital budgeting‚ Break-even‚ sensitivity
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Therefore‚ adopting what kind of discount rate in evaluating a new project will be the key of whether or not to proceed with the project. The most recent studies on the combination of MM theory and CAPM model are based on the formula of cost of capital‚ which could get a beta equation of levered firm and unlevered firm. However‚ when we treat a company as an asset portfolio‚ the risk factor of the asset is the weighted average risk of equity and debt. From the definition of debt risk in MM theory
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Research Research Impact of Working Capital Management and Capital Structure on Profitability IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON PROFITABILITY: THE CASE OF KSE QUOTED AUTOMOBILE FIRMS* H. Jamal Zubairi Finance and Accounting Department Mirza Aqeel Baig Economics Department College of Business Management‚ Karachi Abstract For any business concern the net profit or bottom line for a particular time period is the end result of its investing‚ financing and operating
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was avoided. However‚ the company’s cash position and conservative capital structure has a negative impact on its financial performance measure‚ which is indicated by a lower ROE and ROA rate. Also compared with other U.S companies in the industry‚ the zero-debt-capital structure is unusual. Therefore‚ Hill Country start to consider is it the time to change its capital structure‚ and if so‚ what is its optimal capital structure. Current operating strategy VS business risks and financial strategy:
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the developing countries started liberalizing their financial sectors. Increased emphasis was put on the development of equity markets. India also followed this path. Stock markets grew rapidly in India during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Capital markets have taken a prominent place in the developing countries financial system during the last decade. Given this backdrop‚ it is important to assess the impact of stock markets on a countrys economic development. One of the most obvious and
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Markets 13. Equity Investments 14. Fixed Income Investments 15. Derivatives 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Agent-Principle Relationship 11.3 Capital Budgeting Basics 11.4 The Cost of Capital 11.5 Cost of Retained Earnings 11.6 Cost of Newly Issued Stock 11.7 Target Capital Structure 11.8 Marginal Cost of Capital 11.9 Factors Affecting the Cost of Capital 11.10 Payback Period 11.11 Net Present Value (NPV) and the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 11.12 The NPV Profile 11.13 Cash Flow and NPV Applications
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about the cost of capital? a. Leverage increases Beta for the firm since debt to equity ratio increases from unlevered beta. We use 10 year Treasury bond as our risk free rate and for market risk premium we use current prime lending rate for June 2007 minus10 year TRSY bond. Using these assumptions with increase in Debt‚ cost of equity increases for all the different capital structures. Interesting observation with cost of capital is that having debt in your capital structure decreases your WACC
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Case Study: Hill County Snack Food Co. 1.1 How much business risk does Hill County face? Hill County operates in a very competitive market where new potential entrants can be a threat to its operation either through lower price offering or lower production cost. Competition from peer companies has significant effect on its operation‚ because Hill County is price taker in the market‚ that is‚ increase in prices is not one of the choices it can implement. Also‚ due to the fact that its profitability
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campus. Sales were $1‚100‚000 last year; variable costs were 60% of sales; and fixed costs were $40‚000. Therefore‚ EBIT totaled $400‚000. Because the university’s enrollment is capped‚ EBIT is expected to be constant over time. Because no expansion capital is required‚ CD pays out all earnings as dividends. Assets are $2 million‚ and 80‚000 shares are outstanding. The management group owns about 50% of the stock‚ which is traded in the over-the-counter market. CD currently has no debt—it is an allequity
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