Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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Chapter 8 The Cost of Capital 236 CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL TRUE/FALSE 1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm’s balance sheet. 2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors’ required returns. 3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt. 4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax
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an organization over a specific period. Budgeting describes the overall process of preparing and using a budget. Since budgets are such valuable tools for planning and control of finances‚ budgeting affects nearly every type of organization from governments and large corporations to small businesses. A small business generally engages in budgeting to determine the most efficient and effective strategies for making money and expanding its asset base. Budgeting can help a company use its limited financial
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“I Am Sam” is about a man named Sam Dawson who has the mental capacity of a child. He works at a Starbucks and had a daughter named Lucy with a homeless woman who abandoned the two the moment they left the hospital and Sam is left to take care of Lucy all on his own. Sam is shown to be doing a proficient job of taking care of her as she grows with the help of his friends but as she reaches age 7‚ Sam’s limitations start to become a problem. At school Lucy intentionally holds back to avoid looking
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The budgeting process and the end product‚ the budget‚ comprise two essential elements of multinational management: planning and control. Planning is the primary function of the budgeting process and the result‚ the budget‚ provides the basis for subsequent monitoring and control of activities. For a multinational firm‚ with geographically dispersed subsidiaries to coordinate and control‚ an ineffective planning and control system can be disastrous. For the typical multinational firm‚ the budgeting
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future." Budgeting actually refers to the process that‚ after the strategic plan of the business has been made‚ companies made a short term plan (usually one year) to meet the strategic purpose. Traditional budgeting has offered a lot of contributions in so many years’ practice. But it seems it is more and more unsuitable for the modern business. In this paper‚ I will give a brief induction for traditional budgeting; and then discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional budgeting; last I
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Dear Uncle Sam‚ How are you? I hope you are in the pink of health. My family and I are fine over here. I am sorry because I didn’t reply your letter earlier. As the exam is just around the corner‚ I was very busy as a bee preparing for my exam. Don’t worry uncle‚ I believe that I’ll achieved my target and passed the exam with flying colours. Please pray that my strenuous effort will pay finally pays off. If my prayers are answered‚ and I’m going to be elated over here. Dear My beloved
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investments in a variety of capital projects. Whether it is the need to purchase new machinery‚ expanding the production facility‚ or even buying new transport‚ all these projects require firms to make high investment now. In all these projects‚ the cash flow or the benefit is expected to be received for several years. A company at any time may have many capital projects in foresight. It is the responsibility of the finance manager to evaluate these projects through the capital budgeting process which involves
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Away From Home Week 4 CheckPoint: Chain and Independent Restaurants Instructor: Jane Deer February 7‚ 2012 Just like everything in life‚ both chain and independent restaurants come with advantages and disadvantages; however‚ they both possess common
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Cases and Exercises for Value and Capital Budgeting Corporate Finance Academic Year 2012/2013 1. The treasurer of Amaro Canned Fruits has projected the cash flows of projects A‚ B and C as follows (measured in e): Year 0 Project A Project B Project C Year 1 70‚ 000 130‚ 000 75‚ 000 Year 2 70‚ 000 130‚ 000 60‚ 000 −100‚ 000 −200‚ 000 −100‚ 000 Suppose the relevant discount rate is 12% per annum. (a) Compute the profitability index for each of the three projects. (b) Compute the NPV for each
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