Corporate Finance Syllabus Spring 2009 Prof. Anna Scherbina UC Davis Graduate School of Management Office: 126 AOB IV Tel: 530.754.8076 e-mail: ascherbina@ucdavis.edu Course Focus We will explore how corporations make financial decisions through the analysis of Harvard Business School cases. Should a firm undertake a new investment opportunity‚ raise equity‚ acquire another firm‚ or conduct an IPO? How should small firms manage their working capital? How fast should a firm grow
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the determinants of corporate investment‚ financing‚ hedging‚ payout‚ and executive compensation policies. The course will provide an analysis of the determinants of each policy as well as the implications for shareholder value. While the basic economic insights will be presented through simple examples‚ the course is quantitative in nature. Course material The reference textbook is Corporate Finance by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo‚ Pearson International Edition‚ 2nd Edition‚ (BDM hereafter).
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Corporate Business Finance Seminar 5 Project Finance Lauren Leigh Essaram 207507339 Ruvimbo Mukorera 206525531 27 September 2010 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the duly performed requirement of International Business Finance‚ School of Economics and Finance‚ University of KwaZulu-Natal Abstract Non-recourse financing has grown in popularity‚ especially in developing countries. It has done so more specifically in the basic infrastructure‚ natural resources and also in the energy
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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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Study notes By Zhipeng Yan Corporate Finance Stephen A. Ross‚ Randolph W. Westerfield‚ Jeffrey Jaffe Chapter 1 Introduction to Corporate Finance ..................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Accounting Statements and Cash Flow.............................................................. 3 Chapter 3 Financial Markets and NPV: First Principles of Finance................................... 6 Chapter 4 Net Present Value....................................
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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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Principles of Corporate Finance Comprehensive Case Questions Tire City‚ Inc. 1. Evaluate Tire City’s financial health. How well is the company performing? 2. Based on Mr. Martin’s prediction for 1996 sales of $28‚206‚000‚ and for 1997 sales of $33‚847‚000 and relying on the other assumptions provided in the Tire City case‚ prepare complete pro forma forecasts of TCI’s 1996 and 1997 income statements and year-end balance sheets. As a preliminary assumption‚ assume any new financing required will
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The Scope Of Corporate Finance Professor Dr. Rainer Stachuletz Corporate Finance Berlin School of Economics Finance Career Opportunities Corporate Finance • Budgeting‚ financial forecasting‚ cash management‚ credit administration‚ investment analysis‚ fund procurement Commercial Banking Investment Banking Money Management 2 • Consumer banking • Corporate banking • High income potential • Very competitive industry • Opportunities in investment advisory firms‚ mutual fund companies
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WORLD ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE BELZE Loïc Financial Options Lecture 7 – Chapter 20 ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE – BELZE Loïc – Adapted from 2011 Berk & DeMarzo Pearson Education 7 - 20 - 1 www.em-lyon.com © EMLYON School EMLYON Business 2011 Chapter Outline • • • • • • 20.1 – Option Basics 20.2 – Option Payoffs at Expiration 20.3 – Put-Call Parity 20.4 – Factors Affecting Option Prices 20.5 – Exercising Options Early 20.6 – Options and Corporate Finance ADVANCED CORPORATE
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Corporate Finance Career Overview If you work in private enterprise‚ your company measures its success at the end of the year by comparing how much money it made to how much it spent. If it has made more than it has spent‚ it was a good year. If it has made less than it has spent‚ it was a bad year—or the company is in an investment phase. (In other words‚ like Amazon.com‚ it spent more than it made because the company and its investors believed it would realize a profit in the near future
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