FINS1613 Business Finance Semester 2 – 2009 Version 1.0.0 12th October 2009 Contents Page 3 Page 7 Page 10 Page 14 Page 18 Page 23 Page 26 Page 29 Page 32 Page 38 Page 42 Basic Concepts Introduction to Financial Mathematics The Valuation of a Firm’s Securities Capital Budgeting Capital Budgeting Applications – Part 1 Capital Budgeting Applications – Part 2 Risk and Return The Capital Asset Pricing Model Cost of Capital and Raising Capital Capital Structure Dividend Policy Note: This course
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Return on Investment Analysis for E-business Projects Mark Jeffery, Northwestern University Introduction The Information Paradox Review of Basic Finance The Time Value of Money ROI, Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Payback Period Calculating ROI for an E-business Project Base Case Incorporating the E-business Project Incremental Cash Flows and IRR Uncertainty, Risk, and ROI Uncertainty Sensitivity Analysis 1 2 4 4 6 6 7 8 10 11 11 11 Project and Technology Risks Monte Carlo Analysis Applied to
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS Research Project Presented to MPSTME,NMIMS In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of 5 Years Integrated MBA (Tech) Program By Kritika Goel 334 Year of Graduation: 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This is not a mere formality, but a means to express my sincere gratitude to all who helped me and played an essential role throughout my endeavour, so that I could complete this research project in time and achieve success. I acknowledge from the bottom of my
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Net Present Value and Capital Budgeting Course Module in Introductory Finance Course Modules help instructors select and sequence material for use as a part of a course. Each module represents the thinking of subject matter experts about the best materials to assign and how to organize them to facilitate learning. Each module recommends four to six items. Whenever possible at least one alternative item for each main recommendation is included, as well as suggested supplemental readings that
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Grantham University Final Exam Chapter 2 Problem 2-4, Pearson Brothers recently reported an EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $7.5 million and net income of $1.8 million. It had $2.0 million of interest expense, and its corporate tax rate was 40%. What was its charge for depreciation and amortization? (income statement) The taxable income would be 7.5 less 2 million less depreciation and amortization
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M & A Valuation Theories and Application The leading methods used in the valuation of a firm for the purpose of merger analysis are 1) the comparable companies or the comparable transactions approach; 2) the discounted cash flows spreadsheet method which will, probably, be the most familiar to you as it does not differ that much from the capital budgeting methods of analysis using Net Present Value (NPV); and 3) the formula approach. In the comparable companies approach, a number of market
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Substantive Issues This case provides you with the opportunity to explore how a company uses the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to compute the cost of capital for the company and for each of its divisions. The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) formula and the mechanics
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Managing Financial Resources and Decisions By (Name) Name of Class (Course) Professor Name of the School State and City Date Managing Financial Resources and decisions Managing financial resources entails the process of input maximization with the scarce resources. This process calls for maximizing opportunities within an organization through the adoption of proper management procedures. These procedures will not only help an organization
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General Mills Today alone General Mills will provide 60 million servings of ready-to-eat cereal, 27 million servings of Yoplait dairy products, 5 million Pillsbury Cookies, and 1 million servings of Häagen-Dazs ice cream. These impressive numbers prove what a large and varied food company General Mills is. Throughout the semester we researched and analyzed General Mills from four different angles. These include a business model analysis, accounting and accounting risk analysis
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Executive Summary Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics, smart phones, tablets, personal computers, computer software, and commercial servers, and is a digital distributor of media content. Apple's core product lines are the iPhone smartphone, iPad tablet computer, iPod portable media players, and Macintosh computer line. Founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, with the release
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