Case Study In Finance Essay

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Course: Financial Analysis and Decision Making MBA730 Instructor: Marlena L. Akhbari Wright State University Finance and Financial Services

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McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN: 0−390−42334−3 Text: Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e Bruner

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Contents
Bruner • Case Studies in Finance: Managing for Corporate Value Creation, 4/e II. Financial Analysis and Forecasting
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6. The Financial Detective, 1996 11. ServerVault: ‘‘Reliable, Secure, and Wicked Fast’’
III. Estimating the Cost of Capital

12. ‘‘Best Practices’’ in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis 15. Teletech Corporation, 1996
IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation

19. Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project 20. Diamond Chemicals PLC (B): Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects
VI. Management of the Corporate Capital Structure

29. Structuring Corporate Financial Policy 31. Polaroid Corporation, 1996
VIII. Valuing the Enterprise: Acquisitions and Buyouts

41. Palamon Capital Partners/TeamSystem S.P.A.

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II. Financial Analysis and Forecasting

6. The Financial...