Prepared for The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Vol. 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
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enterprises. The sequence of treatment was on certain episodic events like formation‚ issuance of capital‚ major expansion‚ merger‚ reorganization and liquidation during the life cycle of an enterprise. It laid heavy emphasis on long-term financing‚ institutions‚ instruments‚ procedures used in capital markets and legal aspects of financial events. That is‚ it lacks emphasis on the problems of working capital management. It was criticized throughout the period of its dominance‚ but the criticism is based
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NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship Masters Programs FIN 5080 – APPLYING MANGERIAL FINANCE APPENDIX A– WEEKEND FORMAT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: This syllabus comprises of two parts: 1) the MAIN Syllabus; and 2) the appendix that pertains to the format of your class (Appendix A = Weekend format; Appendix B = Day format; Appendix C = Online; and Appendix D = Week Night). Each class‚ regardless of format‚ will have a Course Website‚ which
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impacted Starbucks’ recent performance‚ Starbucks has still remained profitable‚ and there are generally positive expectations for the next year. Question 2 a. NOPAT = [Operating income – (1 –Tax rate)]; Tax rate = Income tax / EBIT b. Invested Capital = (Accounts receivable + Inventories + Prepaid expenses & other current assets) – (Current liabilities) + (Long-term investments + Equity & cost investments + Net PPE + Other assets + Other intangible assets + Goodwill) c. Book value of interest-bearing
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that will enable students to understand and analyze the financial environment within which managerial decision making takes place. Topics to be addressed include markets and interest rates‚ risk and return‚ bond and stock valuation‚ capital budgeting‚ the cost of capital‚ dividend policy‚ financial leverage‚ and the criteria financial managers use to make investment choices. PRE-REQUISITES Acct 2102‚ Econ 2105 and Econ 2106 REQUIRED COURSE MATERIAL Required Text: CFIN 4‚ 4th Edition‚ by S. Besley
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analysis of Road King Trucks’ new project which is introducing a new product into its product line. I will decide whether run the project or not. Six issues will be discussed as follows 1) importance of energy cost; 2) project’s cash flows; 3) cost of capital; 4) choose an engine 5) evaluation 6) accept or reject. We should accept the project because of the positive NPV and high IRR. We will gain $532 million in wealth which is a big money on the scale like this. The company has a bond rating of AA
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Principles of Managerial Finance FIN/419 P12.4 Break even analysis. Barry Carter is considering opening a music store. He wants to estimate the number of CDs he must sell to break even. The CDs will be sold for $13.98 each‚ variable operating costs are $10.48 per CD‚ and annual fixed operating costs are $73‚500. A) Find the operating breakeven point in number of CDs. Q= FC / P- VC Q= 73‚500 / 13.98 – 10.48 Q= 21‚000 CDs B) Calculate the total
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his current situation at another employer – Current responsibilities include • Shareholder reporting: one individual • Capital budgeting: major capital expenditure program just completed – Harrington facilities the most modern in the industry‚ excellently maintained • Financial forecasting and planning: level production; 98% re-order rate for product • Working capital management: pay cash for all orders when due • Debt issuance: two unutilized $1M lines of credit • Equity issuance and
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Objective of the study The primary objective of the study is to gain practical insights of the business world. Case analysis truly fulfills this objective. It is one of the most general and applicable methods of analytical thinking‚ depending only on the division of a problem‚ decision or situation into a sufficient number of separate cases. The derived objectives of this particular case study of ‘Zimmer Holdings (A): Acquisition of Centerpulse‚ Switzerland’ are the following: * To ascertain
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1. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Objective of corp finance: maximize firm value. Narrower objective of maximizing stockholder wealth; when stock is traded and markets are viewed to be efficient‚ objective is to maximize stock price. A. Stockholder interests vs management interests In theory: stockholders have significant control over management. Mechanisms for discipline: Annual meeting and BOD In Practice: Most stockholders do not go to meetings since cost of going exceeds the value of their holdings; incumbernt
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