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Spot and Forward Interest Rates
Harris, Robert S.; Conroy, Robert M.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1520-EFinanceThis note examines how spot and forward interest rates relate to bond prices and to each other. After defining spot and forward rates, the note shows how to estimate spot rates from data on either zero-coupon bonds or coupon bonds. It also shows how to express these stated rates for different compounding assumptions. The note pays particular attention to understanding how arbitrage forces in markets establish the links between forward and spot ra...Starting at €8.20
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Stock Options and Compensation
Harris, Robert S.; Conroy, Robert M.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1521-EFinanceThis note is a brief introduction to the logic and practice of using stock options to compensate executives. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model is used to estimate the value of option grants for a company. The note affords the opportunity to apply options valuation in the context of executive compensation, and serves as a companion to introductions to options that expose the reader to the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. A spreadsheet is a...Starting at €8.20
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The Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model
Harris, Robert S.; Conroy, Robert M.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1522-EFinanceThis note discusses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and then applies the model to call options. The underlying logic of the model is emphasized and illustrated through the use of simple examples. The model is then applied using real data. The note pays particular attention to procedures for estimating the potential for stock-price changes (volatility). It also provides the reader with an appreciation of the economic underpinnings of the mo...Starting at €8.20
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Cypress Semiconductor: 1.25% Convertible Notes
Conroy, Robert M.Case DARDEN-F-1532-EFinanceThe treasury department staff at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Cypress) had just received the final draft of the proposal for the pending $600 million convertible bond issue. This would be the latest in a series of convertible bond issuances by Cypress. But this time the situation was quite different. The last offerings were in 2000 when Cypress’s stock price was trading in the $40 to $50 range for the year and had, in fact, hit a high of $5...Starting at €8.20
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Investure, LLC, and Smith College
Chaplinsky, Susan; Harris, Robert S.; Kelly, Dorothy C.Case DARDEN-F-1537-EFinanceAlice Handy, an investment professional with 30 years' experience as head of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, has opened a new asset management firm targeted at midsize endowments and nonprofit institutions in January 2004. Her business, Investure, LLC, offered outsourced investment services to institutions with $150 million to $1 billion in assets and access to top-performing managers at lower cost than a fund of funds (...Starting at €8.20
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An Overview of Patent Quality: Assessment Valuation and Financial Reporting Implications
Bruner, Robert F.; Frank, Mary Margaret; Simko, Paul J.; Martin, DavidTechnical Note DARDEN-F-1539-EFinanceA significant fraction of corporate market values derive from intellectual property. It is vital for the practicing manager to appreciate the risks and uncertainties surrounding intellectual property. This note focuses specifically on patent positions, arguing that these deserve special scrutiny because of an emerging crisis within and among governments, corporations, and inventors. The objective of this note is to introduce the reader to patent ...Starting at €8.20
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A Technical Note on the IS\LM and AS\AD Models
Rodriguez, Peter L.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1541-EFinanceThis technical note introduces the basic structure of the IS\LM and AS\AD models for a closed economy (i.e., one that does not engage in international trade). It is a useful complement for the more in-depth presentation of these models commonly found in an economics textbook.Starting at €8.20
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Victoria Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects
Bruner, Robert F.Case DARDEN-F-1544-EFinanceThis case series considers the capital-investment decisions to be made by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2008. The A case (UVA-F-1543) presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B case reviews the same project but from one level higher, where the executives face an either/or investment decision between two mutually exclusive projects.Starting at €5.74
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Financial Theory Foundations
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1548-EFinanceFinancial theory seeks to explain how buyers and sellers in financial markets price contracts to exchange money across time and across risk profiles. Using rules of agent behavior, theory generates financial models that attempt to predict the fair prices of the securities in financial markets. To make the models simple enough to be used in practice, theorists make simplifying assumptions about the characteristics of markets and market participant...Starting at €8.20
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New Leaders of Financial Giants: The Cases of Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill Lynch)
Allayannis, George (Yiorgos)Case DARDEN-F-1551-EFinanceIn January 2008, Citi and Merrill Lynch are trying to steer their ships back to calm waters. The new CEOs, Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill), have been at the helm of their companies for less than three months. This case focuses on their steps to counteract the massive losses resulting from their firms' investments in subprime-mortgage structures. What actions have these leaders taken thus far and what actions should they consider goi...Starting at €8.20