Break-even analysis, 356–362
accounting, see Accounting
break-even
average cost, 358–360
credit policy and, 716, 742
earnings before income and
taxes, 573
financial, see Financial break-even
points
fixed costs, 358
marginal cost, 358
operating leverage and, 370
total costs, 358
variable costs, 356–358
Briggs and Stratton, 509
Bristol-Myers Squibb, 724
British Rail, 144
British Telecommunications, 552
Broadcom, 23
Broker, 257–258
Business failure, 595
Business organization, 7–10
corporation, 8–10
partnership, 7–8
sole proprietorship, 7
Business plans, alternative, 97–98
Business risk, 578
Buying versus leasing, see Leasing,
buying versus
Bylaws, 8
C
California Earthquake Authority, 222
Call option, 454, 796
equity as, on the firm’s assets,
468–471
risk-free debt, 469
risky debt, 469–471
payoff profile, 797, 798
warrants versus, 477–478
Call option valuation, 459–467
arbitrages and, 460
closer look, 466–467
exercise price and, 463
at expiration, 459
intrinsic value and, 461
pricing formula, 813–816
put-call parity, see Put-call parity
risk-free rate and, 463
simple model, 461–463
part 2, 464
stock price and, 463
Call option valuation (Continued)
time to expiration and, 463
upper and lower bounds on, 459–461
variance of return and, 465–466
Call premium, 215
Call price, 800
Call protected bond, 215
Call provision, 215
Cannibalism, 314n
Capacity as credit factor, 721
Capital
cost of, see Cost of capital
as credit factor, 721
raising, see Raising capital
Capital asset pricing model (CAPM),
439–441, 440
Capital budgeting, 5–6, 273
international, 764–766
foreign currency approach, 764,
765–766
home currency approach, 764–765
unremitted cash flows and, 766
investment criteria, see Investment
criteria
options and, 471–476
investment timing decisions and,
471–473
managerial, see Managerial
options
valuation of, 831–832
practice of, 298–299
Capital Cities/ABC, 849
Capital gains, 251n
as returns on investments, 382–386
taxes on, 612
Capital gains effect, 846
Capital gains yield, 251
Capital intensity ratio, 104
Capital intensive projects, 368
Capital investment decisions, 311–339
discounted cash flows, see
Discounted cash flow
(DCF) valuation
incremental cash flows, see
Incremental cash flows
operating cash flows, see Operating
cash flows
project cash flows, see Project
cash flows
Capital leases, 875–876
Capital marketing history, 381–407
average returns, see Average returns
efficient market, see Efficient capital
market
Capital marketing history (Continued)
of five types of financial
investments, 386–392
lessons of
diversification and, 427–428
first, 395–396
second, 402
returns on investments and, 382–386
variability of returns, see Variability
of returns
Capital rationing, 371
Capital restructuring, 567
Capital spending, 35, 36
example of, 40
project cash flows and, 317–318
Capital structure, 6, 567–569
bankruptcy and, see Bankruptcy
cost of capital and, 569
extended pie model, 591–592
financial leverage and, see Financial
leverage
firm value and stock value, 568–569
M & M and, see M & M
Proposition I; M & M
Proposition II
marketed claims versus nonmarketed
claims, 592
observed, 593–594
optimal, see Optimal capital
structure
Capital structure weights, 501
Caption, 801
Captive finance company, 717–718
leases and, 875
Carrying costs, 649–651
credit cost curve and, 716–717
economic order quantity, 728, 730
inventory costs and, 725
Cash
for an acquisition, 857
common stock versus, 858
short-term finance and planning and,
640–641
cash reserves and, 653
sources and uses of, 54–56, 640–641
Cash and liquidity management,
673–691
collections, see Cash collection
difference between, 675
disbursements, see Cash
disbursements
float and, see Float
idle cash, see Idle cash, investing
reasons for holding cash, 673–674
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