Industry & Competitor Analysis BUS 630 – Spring 2008 Instructor: Email: Office Hrs: Course page: Russell Coff (www.bus.emory.edu/rcoff/) Russ_Coff@bus.emory.edu by appointment www.bus.emory.edu/rcoff/Bus630.html Phone: (404) 727-0526 FAX: (404) 727-6313 Revised 1/22/08 Course Overview and Objectives This course delves deeper into some strategy topics that you may have only touched upon earlier related to how firms gain a competitive advantage over rivals. In addition, since ICA tends to integrate
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INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION Since the second edition of this book published in 2007, the globalization of the economy has seen its momentum challenged by two financial crises. Starting in the USA, the so-called ‘subprime’ crisis has obliged governments around the world to engage in Neo-Keynesian policies in order to consolidate the stumbling global financial system. More recently the ‘Eurozone’ crisis has called into question one of the most ambitious international cooperations and has seen
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STANDARD EDITION Ross Westerfield Jordan FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE tenth edition StuDEntS... Want to get better grades? (Who doesn’t?) Prefer to do your homework online? (After all, you are online anyway…) Need a better way to study before the big test? (A little peace of mind is a good thing…) With McGraw-Hill's Connect Plus Finance, ® StudentS get: • Easy online access to homework, tests, and quizzes assigned by your instructor. • Immediate feedback on how you’re doing
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CHAPTER 13 - WEIGHING NET PRESENT VALUE AND OTHER CAPITAL BUDGETING CRITERIA Questions LG1 1. Is the set of cash flows depicted below normal or non-normal? Explain. |Time |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | |Cash Flow |-$100 |-$50 |$80 |$0 |$100 |$100 | They’re normal: there is only one change in cash flows from negative to positive. LG1 2. Derive an accept/reject rule for IRR similar to 13-8 that would
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Solutions to Chapter 15 Debt Policy 1. a. True. b. False. As leverage increases, the expected rate of return on equity rises by just enough to compensate for its higher risk. The stock price and stockholders’ wealth are unaffected. c. False. The sensitivity of equity returns to business risk, and therefore the cost of equity, increase with leverage even without a change in the risk of financial distress. d. True. 2. While the costs of both debt
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Solutions to Chapter 1 The Firm and the Financial Manager 1. real executive airplanes brand names financial stock investment capital budgeting financing 2. A firm might cut its labor force dramatically which could reduce immediate expenses and increase profits in the short term. Over the long term, however, the firm might not be able to serve its customers properly or it might alienate its remaining workers; if so, future profits will decrease, and the stock price will decrease
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Solutions to Chapter 4 The Time Value of Money 1. a. b. c. d. $100/(1.08)10 = $46.32 $100/(1.08)20 = $21.45 $100/(1.04)10 = $67.56 $100/(1.04)20 = $45.64 $100 × (1.08)10 = $215.89 $100 × (1.08)20 = $466.10 $100 × (1.04)10 = $148.02 $100 × (1.04)20 = $219.11 2. a. b. c. d. 3. $100 × (1.04)113 = $8,409.45 $100 × (1.08)113 = $598,252.29 4. With simple interest, you earn 4% of $1,000 or $40 each year. There is no interest on interest. After 10 years, you earn total interest of $400
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CHAPTER EXERCISES 15.69 d/p/m a. The monthly mortgage payment would likely be directly related to the market value of the house, the interest rate, the size of the house, or the monthly taxes and insurance, among other variables. b. The monthly mortgage payment would likely be inversely related to the age of the house, among other variables. c. The monthly mortgage payment would likely be unrelated to the amount of chocolate consumed by the owners, and a wide variety of other variables
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CHAPTER THREE How Financial Statements are Used in Valuation Stephen H. Penman The web page for Chapter Three runs under the following headings: What the Chapter is Doing Historical Multiples Historical Equity and Bond Returns The Selection of Comparable Firms Screening Engines Calculating Multiples Unlevered (or Enterprise) Multiples Beware of Price-to-ebitda Ratios P/E Ratios and Dividends Price-to-sales
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