Pandey CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND MARKET POWER I. M. Pandey Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015 India E-mail: impandey@iimahd.ernet.in W. P. No. 2002-03-01 March 2002 i CapStrMktPower I M Pandey CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND MARKET POWER I M Pandey ABSTRACT This paper provides new insights on the way in which the capital structure and market power and capital structure and profitability are related. We predict and show that capital structure and market
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Journal Of Financial And Strategic Decisions Volume 10 Number 3 Fall 1997 STRATEGIC ASSETS, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE Rahul Kochhar* Abstract Possession of strategic assets is a necessary condition for sustained competitive advantage. This condition is, however, not sufficient. Firms require financial management capability to realize the rents present in their strategic assets. The firm-specific nature of strategic assets implies that they be financed primarily through equity;
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1.Capital structure A capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through the mix of equity, debt or hybrid securities. The optimal capital structure is the one in which, the market value of the firm is maximized when its cost of capital is minimized. The firm should adopt the EPS- EBIT approach to the capital structure. This approach involves selecting the capital structure that maximizes EPS (Earnings per share) over the expected range of EBIT (Earnings before interest
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expected future cash flows to be generated by the assets, discounted at the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC). From this it can be seen that the WACC has a direct impact on the value of a business. (Johannes and Dhanraj, 2007). The choice between debt and equity aims to find the right capital structure that will maximize stockholder wealth. Debt policy and equity ownership structure “matter” and the way in which they matter differs between firms with many and firms with few positive net
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How a company is finance its growing business, operations by using multi types of funds is called capital structure, both short & long term loan need to be counted when explaining a company capital structure. Company can chose whatever percentage of debt and equity they like to have is their business. Four primary factors influence capital structure decisions- 1. Business risk- the higher the company business risk, the lower the proportion of debt is good 2. Tax proposition- a significant
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Finance Mini Case a) Provide a brief overview of capital structure effects. Identify the ways in which capital structure can affect the WACC and FCF. Capital structure presents how a company finance its operations. It is expressed as percentage of debt, preferred stock, common equity used in financing a company's operations.[1] WACC calculates a company's “cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately weighted. All capital sources - common stock, preferred stock, bonds and
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Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Iqra University Islamabad Campus, Pakistan Abstract: This study measures the relationship between organizational performance and financial management practices like capital structure decision, dividend policy, investment appraisal techniques, working capital management and financial performance assessment in Pakistani corporate sector. Sample of the study consisted of forty companies operating in Pakistan, related to different sectors and listed at Karachi Stock
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STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH Assignment On: Capital Structure Analysis of Lafarge Surma Cement Limited Course Title: Finance Theory Course Code: FIN -608 Submit To Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury, ACA Assistant Professor, Dept. of Finance, University of Dhaka Submit By Md. Jahidul Islam; ID: MBA-05014570 Jabun Nahar; ID: MBA 05014443 Rajib Kumar Saha; ID: MBA 05014533 Date of submission 17th April 2013 Letter of Transmittal April 17, 2013 Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury, ACA Assistant
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POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT AY 2015-16 TERM: III TITLE OF THE COURSE: FINANCE II CREDITS: 4 Name of the Faculty Arnab Bhattacharya Gaurav Singh Chauhan Kousik Guhathakurta Radha M. Ladkani Faculty Block/ Room No. J BLOCK C-102 A-106 J BLOCK Email Telephone Number arnabb@iimidr.ac.in gauravs@iimidr.ac.in kousikg@iimidr.ac.in; radhal@iimidr.ac.in; 0731-2439589 0731-2439592 0731-2439518 0731-2439698 COURSE DESCRIPTION The second core course in Finance
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Title: Financial Leverage Practice of Indian Communications Ltd.: Bane or boon Indian Communications Ltd. had been a zero debt company since start. Of late, shareholders of the company were pressurizing to include debt in the capital structure as shareholders competitor company were getting a higher yield on account of financial leverage. The shareholders’ movement from Indian Communications has resulted in decline in the market price of the company. The board of the company was under
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