NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS OF NEW FIRMS Alicia M. Robb David T. Robinson Working Paper 16272 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16272 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2010 The authors are grateful to the Kauffman Foundation for generous financial support. Malcolm Baker‚ Thomas Hellmann‚ Antoinette Schoar‚ Ivo Welch‚ and seminar participants at the Kauffman/Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Entrepreneurial Finance
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Nguyen Thanh Tuan – MBA06043 Dr. Ann Ericson Financial Management 18 January 2013 An arguable capital budgeting decision in Intel’s Financial Plan 2013 Thursday 17 January 2013‚ Thomson Reuters‚ the world’s largest international multimedia news agency‚ has highlighted some concerns about Intel’s Financial Plan 2013. Noel Randewich‚ the report’s writer‚ thought Intel Corporation ’s current-quarter revenue forecast disappointed Wall Street analysts. The reason behind is Intel will spend more
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 15 Capital Structure Decisions ------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 15-1 a. Capital structure is the manner in which a firm’s assets are financed; that is‚ the right-hand side of the balance sheet. Capital structure is normally expressed as the percentage of each type of capital used by the firm--debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common equity. Business risk is the risk
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Capital Markets and Investment Banking Process Paper Investments banking process and capital markets are elements in understanding how to invest and be successful in the investments. In the investment backing process‚ investor might enlist the help of an investment banker which can help the investor with buying‚ selling‚ and trading of securities‚ managing assets and give financial advice. Portfolio construction is another area that should be examined to make sure that diversification‚ asset allocation
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The Importance of Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting In today’s business environment‚ company executives are often required to participate in a company’s capital budgeting process as the sponsor‚ reviewer or approving authority of investment decisions. In any of these capacities‚ it is imperative that the executive understands many of the key aspects of capital budgeting such as analyzing income statements‚ balance sheets‚ cash flows‚ appropriately discounting cash flows and‚ most importantly‚ identifying
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INTRODUCTION Various investment options available in India: • Savings Bank Account The first banking product used by people‚ it offers low interest‚ making them only marginally better than safe deposit lockers. • Money Market Funds (also known as liquid funds) It offers better returns than savings account without compromising on the terms of liquidity. These liquid funds are a specialized form of mutual funds invested in extremely short-term fixed income instruments. Unlike most mutual funds
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Analysis on Investment Decision Risk Analysis on Investment Decision The capital budgeting simulation presented a company by the name of Silicon Arts Inc. (SAI). SAI is a four-year-old company that manufactures digital imaging integrated circuits and has an agenda to increase their profit share and keep pace with today ’s technology. This paper will discuss the external and internal risks associated when making a decision to accept or reject a particular project. The decision made will be
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Factors Affecting Individual’s Equity Investment Decision Acknowledgments "We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our Professor and guide Mr. Surya Dev for his guidance‚ valuable comments and support throughout this project. We would also like to thank Prof. (Dr.) C.K. Dash‚ for the valuable advice and support he has given us with motivation to do research on the topic. We appreciate all the help extended by him. Finally we would like to thank all the survey respondents for
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CASE: MAKING NORWICH TOOLS LATHE INVESTMENT DECISIONS PAR T A: PAYBACK PERIOD ACCEPTABILTY OF EACH PROJECT: Lathe A will be rejected because it’s payback period is longer than 4 years maximum expected payback period 4.04years > 4years Lathe B project is accepted because it payback period is less than the 4 year maximum payback period 3.65years < 4 years ---------------------------------------- PART B: NPV &IRR LATHE A NPV & IRR LATHE B NPV & IRR years cash flow PV Factor @13% PV cash
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a) Discuss the importance of intuition in decision making? Be practical as possible and make use of your own examples. What is intuition? Intuition is the ability to understand something immediately without the need for conscious reasoning. It is to receive input and ideas without knowing exactly how and where you got them from. Examples where intuition can play an important role in making decisions are: choosing a life partner‚ selecting the right car to buy‚ evaluation of a job‚ deciding
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