Essays Tagged: "Corporate Finance"

The Real Options approach to investment decision making.

1. Real OptionsReal-options analysis is one of the most important ideas of applied corporate finance to be developed in the last 30 years. Real-options analysis gives management the f ... not turn a blind eye on either of the two methods.ReferencesBrealey R A and Myers S, Principles of corporate finance (7th edition), McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2003Brealey R A and Myers S, Principles of corp ...

(6 pages) 484 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Insider Trading In Stock Markets And SEBI.

CORPORATE FINANCEPROJECTONINSIDER TRADING&THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIABYANUJ N SEH ... S OF THE SEBI ACT, 1992The salient features of the SEBI Act are as under:a)The SEBI shall be a body corporate by the name having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and ... r "classical theory" of insider trading liability, section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 are violated when a corporate insider trades in the securities of his corporation on the basis of material, nonpublic in ...

(45 pages) 267 0 3.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Merger anf takeover

Chapter 1 Introduction"There is no more dramatic or controversial activity in corporate finance than the acquisition of one firm by another or the merger of two firms. It is the ... ic alternatives for HP, including organic growth as an independent company..( http://www.compaq.com/corporate)HP Financial Advisor, Goldman Sachs delivered its written opinion to the HP board of direc ... share of Compaq common stock is fair from a financial point of view to HP. ( http://www.compaq.com/corporate) Goldman Sachs provided the opinion from the information and assistance of the HP board of ...

(31 pages) 492 0 4.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Financial Intermediaries Paper - FIN 324

term "intermediary" includes any person who serves to bring other persons together. In the world of corporate finance, a financial intermediary is an institution that acts as a middleman between saver ... cial banks when considering to long-term financing. Most insurance companies are large investors in corporate stocks and often make loans directly to businesses (Boone, 697).The most common type of in ...

(3 pages) 470 0 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

FIN 402 Modern Portfolio Theories.

l Asset Pricing Model (CAPM); and Merton Miller, for his fundamental contributions to the theory of corporate finance.According to Markowitz, the process of selecting a portfolio may be divided into t ...

(5 pages) 295 0 2.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Mergers and Acquisitions.

is essential to form alliances.According to Megginson and Smart "Mergers and acquisitions are major corporate finance events that, when executed efficiently and with the proper motives, can help manag ... r some other form of assets from another company. The result of this action is the formation of one corporate structure. This new corporate structure retains its original identity. An acquisition is a ...

(6 pages) 785 0 4.6 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Investment Banking und Commercial Banking

zielt einzelne Investmentbanken hinzugekauft und dIe Gründung und der Ausbau spezialisierteter Corporate-Finance Abteilungen forciert.1. TrennbankensystemBei diesem wird eine institutionelle Gren ... tment Banking dar. Dementsprechend zählen dazu vor allem Tätigkeiten in den Bereichen des Corporate Finance, der Unternehmensübernahmen und der damit verbundenen Fairness-Gutachten, der ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Financial Intermediaries

term "intermediary" includes any person who serves to bring other persons together. In the world of corporate finance, a financial intermediary is an institution that acts as a middleman between saver ... et companies like Intel and AMD.References:Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C., Marcus, A.J. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. New York:McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2006.Schenke, Robert. "C ...

(2 pages) 137 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

The Importance of Internal Controls

Corporate finance is complex, enticing, and can be corrupt. This paper will address the importance o ... ments embodying the non-compliance. http://www.aicpa.org/info/sarbanes_oxley_summary.htmIn summary, corporate seduction into greed has required Congress to mandate and regulate auditing and internal c ...

(3 pages) 219 0 4.6 Mar/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Mini Case – Executive Fruit

nancing instrument through a pro forma balancing sheet. Therefore, by using the data in Chapter 18, Corporate Finance, the assumption here is that the cost of sales and operations are expected to incr ... es business with.�ReferencesBrealey, R.A., Marcus, A.J., Myers, S.C. (2004). Fundamentals of Corporate Finance(4th ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, NY.

(6 pages) 108 0 3.0 May/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Performance Appraisals

financial measure such as return on equity, stockholder return, sales growth and cash flow." (Some Corporate Finance for you Doc!) Jerry Donini of the Washington Business Journal believes that compan ...

(1 pages) 48 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Investment Banking Industry

Table of Contents A.1. Size and Growth 1 A.2. Major Players 1 B. SERVICES 2 Corporate Finance: 2 Fixed Income and Equities: 2 Others: 2 C. END USERS 3 D. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 3 ... ated long-term strategy.· Raising capital for firms through IPOs or through issues of corporate debt .· Dealing with strategies relating to foreign exchange requirements of ... t Banks that specialize in niche areas .B. Services The main areas of activity can be classified as Corporate Finance: This includes Mergers and Acquisitions, IPOs and Buybacks .On the mergers and acq ...

(7 pages) 174 0 3.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

THE IMPACT OF HOSTILE TAKEOVER IN JAPAN

THE IMPACT OF HOSTILE TAKEOVER IN JAPANIntroductionAccording to corporate finance theorists, the objective of the firm should be to maximize value or wealth. This m ... he Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, 1990). Comparative corporate governance, once an academic backwater, now enjoys important government and scholarly atte ... ompany interactions are analysed in terms of three differing structures of relations. These include corporate alliance economic centrality, and industrial interdependency (Gerlach, 1992). In accordanc ...

(22 pages) 40 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Recent Corporate Hostile Takeovers in Japan

Introduction序論According to corporate finance theorists, the objective of the firm should be to maximise value or wealth, which ... some Japanese industries. Even at the dawn of this century, it was said that there is no market for corporate control in Japan, and there is not likely to be one (Fligstein, 2001). Yet in the land of ... ot likely to be one (Fligstein, 2001). Yet in the land of friendly shareholders, expansive views of corporate purpose that go well beyond shareholder's profitisation, and enduring concern for the pres ...

(28 pages) 52 1 5.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Critical Thinking In Accounting

d in mind. The different categories in which finance could be distributed are personal, public, and corporate finance.Financial and Managerial Accounting DifferenceManagerial accountant provides finan ...

(5 pages) 33 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

The Cost of Capital is a Critical Element in Business Decisions

al is a Critical Element in Business DecisionsMark FrystakAmerican Public University SystemFINC 600 Corporate FinanceMany of the critical decisions that business owners and senior management face can ... ns to stockholders than they would receive from an all-equity firm. The latter suggests that actual corporate leverage ratios reflect the corporate practice of financing new investments with internal ...

(15 pages) 56 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers