the efficient markets hypothesis in finance. This is the hypothesis that financial prices efficiently incorporate all public information and that prices can be regarded as optimal estimates of true investment value at all times. The efficient markets hypothesis in turn is based on more primitive notions that people behave rationally, or accurately maximize expected utility, and are able to process all available information. The idea behind the term “efficient markets hypothesis,” a term coined by Harry
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[pic] Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées Review of Literature Behavioral Finance Presented to Dr. Mohamed EL-Hennawy Group Assignment Prepared By Albert Naguib Noha Samir Wael Shams EL-Din Moshira Gamil Marie Zarif January 2012 | TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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ЖУРНАЛ "КОРПОРАТИВНЫЕ ФИНАНСЫ" №1(5) 2008 12 Оценка эффективности сделок слияний и поглощений: интегрированная методика Хусаинов З.И.4 В работе исследуется изменение котировок и финансовых результатов компаний при сделках слияний и поглощений. Анализ значительного массива сделок с публичными компаниями с 2005 года во всем мире показывает взаимосвязь между реакцией рынка на информацию о сделке и последующей динамикой финансовых показателей объединенной компании через два года после сделки
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Merger: Valuation Process and Evaluation of Financial Performance in case of United Insurance Company and Shama Plc By: Jemaneh Bayou January 2008 Advisor: Abebe Yitayew (Asst. Professor.) A PROJECT PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Faculty of Business & Economics Department of Accounting & Finance
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University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Received 17 March 1997; received in revised form 3 October 1997 Abstract Market efficiency survives the challenge from the literature on long-term return anomalies. Consistent with the market efficiency hypothesis that the anomalies are chance results, apparent overreaction to information is about as common as underreaction, and post-event continuation of pre-event abnormal returns is about as frequent as post-event reversal. Most important, consistent
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University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Received 17 March 1997; received in revised form 3 October 1997 Abstract Market efficiency survives the challenge from the literature on long-term return anomalies. Consistent with the market efficiency hypothesis that the anomalies are chance results, apparent overreaction to information is about as common as underreaction, and post-event continuation of pre-event abnormal returns is about as frequent as post-event reversal. Most important, consistent with
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Table of Contents I.) INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES 2 A.) Efficiency and Other Concepts 2 B.) Agency and Partnership Law 2 II.) INTRODUCTION TO THE CORPORATE FORM 16 A.) Formation and Structure 16 B.) Debt, Equity, and Valuation 22 III.) CONTROL OF CORPORATE DECISIONS 32 A.) The Role of the Shareholder 32 B.) Management Obligations 50 1.) Duty of Care 51 2.) Duty of Loyalty 56 3.) Duty of Fairness: Parent-Subsidiary Relationships 63 4.) Duty of Good Faith 64 5.) Management Obligations
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Finance Course: Corporate Finance MBA−10 California College for Health Sciences MBA Program McGraw-Hill/Irwin abc McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−55204−6 Text: Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Cases Corporate Finance, Seventh Edition Ross−Westerfield−Jaffe Harvard Business School Finance Cases This book was printed on recycled paper. Finance http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2005 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United
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Chapter 1 Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage Opening Case Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is one of the most extraordinary success stories in business history. Started in 1962 by Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has grown to become the world’s largest corporation. In the financial year ending January 31, 2004, the discount retailer whose mantra is “every day low prices” had sales of nearly $256 billion, five thousand stores in ten countries (almost three thousand are in
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California College for Health Sciences MBA Health Care Program McGraw-Hill/Irwin abc McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−55313−1 Text: Advanced Financial Accounting, Sixth Edition Baker−Lembke−King Harvard Business School Accounting Cases Corporate Finance, Seventh Edition Ross−Westerfield−Jaffe Harvard Business Review General Management Articles Harvard Business School Finance Cases This book was printed on recycled paper. Finance http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright ©2005
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