Applications of option pricing in corporate finance Option pricing is used in four major areas of corporate finance: • Real Options Suppose a company has a 1-year proprietary license to develop a software application for use in a new generation of wireless cellular telephones. Hiring programmers and marketing consultants to complete the project will cost $30 million. The good news is that if consumers love the new cell phones‚ there will be a tremendous demand for the software. The bad news
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Department of Finance‚ HKUST Spring 2013 Email: Xuewenliu@ust.hk Office hour: 13:30-14:30 Tuesday Assessment: Assignments (12%)‚ Midterm-exam (18%)‚ Projects and presentations (15%)‚ and Final exam (55%) Textbooks: 1. Corporate Finance‚ by J. Beck and P. DeMarzo‚ 2nd edition 2011‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc. Hereafter BD. 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy‚ by M. Grinblatt and S. Titman‚ 2nd edition‚ 2002‚ Irwin McGraw Hill. Hereafter GT. I. Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Corporations
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ANALYSIS OF USEC Inc.‚ Prepared For: Dr. Doina Chichernea BUAD 6200 SPRING 2011 The University of Toledo APRIL 21‚ 2011 Executive Summary USEC is the world’s leading supplier of enriched Uranium to nuclear power plants. Due to the expiration of long term energy cost savings contracts‚ USEC is examining the possibility of taking on a new project called the American Centrifuge Project. This project will utilize a different process for Uranium enrichment‚ which is the core business process
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Solutions and Activities to CHAPTER 13 SOCIAL SECURITY Questions and Problems 1. The government of Westlovakia has just reformed its social security system. This reform changed two aspects of the system: (1) It abolished its actuarial reduction for early retirement‚ and (2) it reduced the payroll tax by half for workers who continued to work beyond the early retirement age. Would the average retirement age for Weslovakian workers increase or decrease in response to these two changes
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Joy Thompson Mrs. Larson AP British Literature and Composition December 11‚ 2011 Refusal to Return: Finding Bliss at Upton Although Tom Jones by Henry Fielding is appropriately known as a comic novel written to no set of absolute rules‚ the work shows many characteristics similar to epics. In epic novels the main protagonist is normally known for following a set series of events called “the hero’s journey.” The hero’s journey is often a three part adventure consisting of a departure‚ an
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Choose Alpha. 7. 1‚ 2‚ 4‚ and 6 8. a. b. Payback A = 1 year Payback B = 2 years Payback C = 4 years c. A and B d. The present value of the cash inflows for Project A never recovers the initial outlay for the project‚ which is always the case for a negative NPV project. The present values of the cash inflows for Project B are shown in the third row of the table below‚ and the cumulative net present values are shown in the fourth row: C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 -2‚000.00 +1‚000.00 +1‚000.00 +4‚000
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of planning and managing a firm’s long-term investments is called: A. B. C. D. E. working capital management. financial depreciation. agency cost analysis. capital budgeting. capital structure. 4. The mixture of debt and equity used by a firm to finance its operations is called: A. B. C. D. E. working capital management. financial depreciation. cost analysis. capital budgeting. capital structure. 5. The management of a firm’s short-term assets and liabilities is called: A. B. C. D. E. working capital
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CASESTUDY: Goodweek Tires‚ Inc. After extensive research and development‚ Goodweek Tires‚Inc.‚ has recently developed a new tire‚ the SuperTread‚ and must decide whether to make the investment necessary to produce and market the SuperTread. The tire would be ideal for drivers doing a large amount of wet weather and off-road driving in addition to its normal freeway usage. The research and development costs so far total about $10 million. The SuperTread would be put on the market beginning this year
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Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? Wal-Mart has viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy because of a number of reasons. First‚ Wal-Mart saw the potential for increased profits and sales in new markets.“After rapid expansion during the 1980s and 1990s‚ Wal-Mart faces limits to growth in its home market and has been forced to look internationally for opportunities”(Ball‚ 2007). Second‚ Wal-Mart saw the need “to protect their
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concerned with curiosity‚ innovative thinking‚ assimilating new information‚ and open to new experiences. It describes a person’s personality. In the mini cases study Ann Fudge decided that after working 24 years in corporate America‚ she was going to take some time off to figure out her life and have some time to herself. During her time away from corporate America‚ Fudge traveled to different countries to visit and embark on some new experiences. People with this personality trait enjoy traveling to
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