BUSS384 - Corporate Finance - Problem Set #1 Due by Wednesday‚ 15 October 2014 1. [10 points] Sydney Industries‚ Inc.‚ is considering a new project that costs $30 million. The project will generate after-tax (year-end) cash flows of $8 million for five years. The firm has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The cost of equity is 12 percent and the cost of debt is 7 percent. The corporate tax rate is 40 percent. It appears that the project has the same risk of the overall firm. Should Sydney undertake
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IV. Internal Environment (IFAS Table; see Exhibit 2) A. Corporate Structure 1. BBY corporate structure has many subsections that help differentiate the brand. In Europe they are known under Carphone Warehouse‚ Canada they run as Future Shops and in China they operate under Jiangsu Five Star. Nevertheless‚ the structure is the same and all reporting goes up a chain of command‚ and policies and procedures follow it. 2. Cooperate structure is comparable to a network structure in terms of operating
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Case Nicole Kraemer (413991) The rise and fall of the Royal Bank of Scotland is characterized by poor corporate governance which allowed for the complete dominance of the executive management over the board of directors and a massive principal-agent problem. Positive social dynamics and the power of weak ties allowed for compliance while intimidation and bullying tactics silenced questions‚ concerns and opposition. The board’s utter compliancy and borderline negligence
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Chapter 2 -CAPM: how risk affects return -Expected Return (on investment): mean value of its probability distribution of returns; greater the probability return will be below expected‚ greater the stand-alone risk -Risk Averse: he/she must be compensated for holding risky assets -Asset has 2 risk types: Diversifiable risk can be eliminated by diversification; market risk cannot be eliminated -Market risk measured by standard deviation of returns on portfolio consisting of all stocks -Relevant
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based on geography and functions. Hershey has a main corporate head-quarter in Pennsylvania where they make the majority of their operational and strategic decisions. They also have several manufacturing plants throughout and outside of the nation. Hershey and Hershey Entertainment and Resorts (a separate corporation) also has a zoo‚ amusement parks‚ hotels‚ etc. located in Pennsylvania‚ New York‚ and Chicago for visitors to enjoy. 2. Corporate structure is clearly understood by everyone in the
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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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Contents The overview——————————————3 Corporate governance about Lenovo—————3 The corporate governance structure—————————————3 Board Composition————————————————————4 Appointment and Election of Directors————————————5 Board Process———————————————————————7 Board committee——————————————————————8 Accountability and audit ——————————————————12 Communication with shareholder———————————————13 The overview on Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is a Chinese multinational computer hardware
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assumptions‚ without any transparency‚ into a single number: the multiple. Many companies require over ten years of value-creating cash flows to justify their stock prices. Ideally‚ the explicit forecast period should capture at least one-third of corporate value with clear assumptions about projected financial performance. While the range of possible outcomes certainly widens with time‚ we have better analytical tools to deal with an ambiguous future than to place an uncertain multiple on a more certain
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE Contents 1. Scope of financial management 5. Company stakeholders 2. Forms of business organization 6. Management‐Shareholders’ Relationship 3. The objectives of the firm 7. The Audit 4. Regulatory frameworks for companies 8. Public Sector Organisation Learning Outcomes When you have read and understand this chapter
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“An Analysis of Corporate Collapses” MPA751 Financial Reporting and Analysis Unit Chair: Dr. Wen Qu. Student Name: Andrew William Giblin Student Number: 211221042 Due Date: Monday 20th August 2012 I certify that the attached work is entirely my own‚ except where material quoted or paraphrased is acknowledged in the text. I also declare that it has not been submitted for assessment in any other unit or course. Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………4
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