Chapter 12 Capital Structure and Leverage LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain why capital structure policy involves a trade-off between risk and return‚ and list the four primary factors that influence capital structure decisions. • Distinguish between a firm’s business risk and its financial risk. • Explain how operating leverage contributes to a firm’s business risk and conduct a breakeven analysis‚ complete with
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Question 5: Evaluate the Put-Warrant/Convertible Bond proposal. Does it solve Intel’s capital structure dilemma? What arguments might be made in favor of it? Intel’s capital structure dilemma was that it was holding too much cash on hand. Eventually‚ there were three available strategies or alternatives that Intel could undertake in terms of cash disbursement policies. First‚ it could continue or expand its market-repurchase program. Secondly‚ Intel could declare dividends to its shareholders
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Concrete vs. Steel Structures: In the past‚ the world of construction of buildings was based on wood‚ adobe‚ thatch and cave dwellings as construction materials or units. Modern engineering has developed to use the steel‚ concrete as basic elements of construction. Nowadays‚ there is a worldwide debate about which material of those two does reign supreme in the world of development. Most importantly‚ concrete and steel have different mechanical properties which cause a different behavior under
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Financial structure refers to the make-up of the right hand side of a company`s balance sheet‚ which includes all the ways it`s assets are financed‚ such as trade accounts payable and short-term borrowings as well as long-term debt and ownership equity. Each business will have a different mixture depending on its needs and expenses. This specific mixture of debt and equity that a company uses to finance all it`s operations directly affects the risk and value of the business. Capital structure‚ as distinguished
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PRODUCT PLACEMENT IN MAN OF STEEL What is Product Placement? An advertising technique used by companies to subtly promote their products through a non-traditional advertising technique‚ usually through appearances in film‚ television‚ or other media. Product placements are often initiated through an agreement between a product manufacturer and the media company in which the media company receives economic benefit. A company will often pay a fee to have their product used‚ displayed‚ or significantly
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OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE The optimal capital structure for a company should be the mix of equity‚ debt and hybrid instruments that minimizes the overall cost of funding‚ i.e. it should minimize the company’s weighted average cost of capital. In practice‚ however‚ it is not possible to specify this optimal capital structure exactly‚ for any individual company. It clearly makes sense to obtain funds at the lowest possible cost. In the long run‚ debt is cheaper than equity. However‚ when a company’s
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15‚ No. 1‚ 2002 How do CFOs make capital budgeting and capital structure decisions?1 John R. Graham Associate Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA Campbell R. Harvey Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA National Bureau of Economic Research‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02912 USA March 8‚ 2002 1A longer and more detailed version of this paper is published as “The Theory and Practice of Corporate Finance:
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Case Study 7-2: BALANCED SCORECARDS AT BICOCO 1) They realized that balanced scorecards help the departments look beyond their own operations and they could activate everyone in the company by putting sensible goals related to the main goals of the company. Also it improves communications by providing a focal point and common language around the key value drivers of the organization and it helps IT recognized other business areas which enhance the cooperation among departments. Besides‚ it would
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Game Theory Term Paper Anomitra Bhattacharya ab783@cornell.edu‚ Cornell ID – 2316802 What ails Uttar Pradesh? The states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Tamil Nadu (TN) reveal a marked north-south divide in India. Uttar Pradesh‚ which was ahead of Tamil Nadu in the 1960s‚ now lags behind in the same sectors where Tamil Nadu has made significant progress. If one were to study Indian history or politics‚ UP’s lag would come as a surprise. All but four Prime Ministers of India have come from UP.
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Chief Seattle‚ in his masterfully worded speech to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚ attempts to convince Stevens’s people to treat his people kindly and fairly. At the same time‚ Seattle warns Stevens about the many negative aspects of his tribe. Through the use of juxtaposition‚ an uncompromising tone towards his surrounding world‚ and personification of specific objects‚ Seattle clearly conveys his point to the Governor. Juxtaposition is used to point out many differences between Seattle’s tribe and
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