Course Objectives The course aims to provide students with solid theoretical frameworks in asset pricing and other fields of finance. For asset pricing‚ the concepts of risk and return‚ and state prices will be introduced as a stepping stone towards the discussions of more advanced topics including the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)‚ and other more recent asset pricing models. Other topics in finance such as options and behavior finance may also be covered on an
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Jane Jacobs mentions in the third chapter of her book Dark Age Ahead that “education” has become an important aspect of the economy in the modern society. She talks about how education has been less cared for and that society has become obsessed with credentialing. Without achieving a minimum of a four-year university or college degree the person might as well be condemned to a work life of “flipping hamburgers.” The cost of it has become much of a necessity as that of a car‚ and for similar reasoning
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78-614 Odette School of Business‚ University of Windsor Write-up Title of case: Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time Key person and his / her position in the organization: Dan Schulman‚ CEO of Virgin Mobile USA Key issue or decision that must be made: The key issue for Virgin Mobile USA is to select a pricing strategy that will both attract and retrain subscribers. Basic facts of the case: Virgin is a U.K-based company led by Sir Richard Branson and is one of the three
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The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff Harvard Business Review Reprint 95402 HBR J U LY- A U G U S T 1 9 9 5 The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy by Adam M. Brandenburger and Barry J. Nalebuff Business is a high-stakes game. The way we approach this game is reflected in the language we use to describe it. Business language is full of expressions borrowed from the military and from sports. Some of them are dangerously
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Game theory is defined as “the study of the ways in which strategic interactions among economic agents produce outcomeswith respect to thepreferences of those agents‚ where the outcomes in question might have been intended by none of the agents” by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Ross 1997). The disciplines most involved in game theory “are mathematics‚ economics and the other social and behavioral sciences” (McCain 1997). Game theory was created to confront the problem and provide a theory
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Abstract This paper‚ we study the significance of the four-factor asset pricing model (market factor‚ size factor‚ book-to-market factor and momentum factor) in explaining the cross-sectional variation in average stock returns in the United Kingdom. Our findings show that the four-factor model does work well and significant to explain the
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AUM SRI SAI RAM EDLP vs. PROMOTIONAL SALES edlp: * Every Day Low Pricing (EDLP) is one of the pricing strategies deployed by the retailers in providing low prices for their customers every single day when they purchase products from their stores. * This concept was introduced by Samuel Moore Walton (Walton)‚ proprietor Wal-mart Stores in order to attract his rural customers. He promised high quality‚ branded and unbranded products at lowest possible price‚ offering better value for his
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Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM): Pros and Cons. CAPM defines the relationship between risk and return. The premise of the model is that the expected investment return varies in direct proportion to its risk‚ i.e.‚ the riskier the investment - the higher the return you should expect. Shows: • how much risk you are taking when investing in an instrument? • whether the instrument is rightly priced • whether you are getting sufficient return for the risk you are taking CAPM calculates the
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CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL The Capital Asset Pricing Model deals with independent investor problems that needs to undergo the procedure of selection of securities involving risks. The investors need to select the most advantageous security that produces the best possible outcome. This model deals with the estimation of securities as well as it links the risk and return (the expected shares). There is a direct relationship and risk and return provides higher expected return from that security
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oils‚ bubble baths‚ bath salts‚ butters and many other types of products. A subset of cosmetics is called "make-up" which refers primarily to colored products intended to alter the user’s appearance. Cosmetics makers put a new face on competitive pricing strategies. Today’s consumers want more out of the products they buy‚ and cosmetics are no exception. To help meet that demand‚ value and budget cosmetics manufacturers are ramping up efforts with more upscale packaging‚ enhanced formulas and improved
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