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Cost-of-Capital in Managerial Finance electronic resource An Examination of Practices in the German Real Economy Sector / by Dennis Schlegel.

By: Schlegel, Dennis [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to Management SciencePublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: XII, 245 p. 80 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319151359Subject(s): Finance | Industrial organization | Macroeconomics | Economics | Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics | Finance, general | Industrial OrganizationDDC classification: 339 LOC classification: HB172.5Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Background: Cost-of-Capital in the Finance Literature -- Previous Results on Cost-of-Capital Practices -- Research Philosophy and Ethics -- Empirical Research Approach and Methods -- Primary Research: Expert Interviews -- Primary Research: Company Survey -- Conclusion and Contribution to Knowledge -- Appendix.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book examines cost-of-capital models and their application in the context of managerial finance. This includes the use of hurdle rates in capital allocation decisions, as well as target returns in performance management. Besides a review of classical finance models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), other contemporary models and techniques to determine the cost-of-capital of business units and private companies are discussed. Based on a mixed methods approach, current cost-of-capital practices and their determinants are  empirically analyzed among German companies.
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Introduction -- Background: Cost-of-Capital in the Finance Literature -- Previous Results on Cost-of-Capital Practices -- Research Philosophy and Ethics -- Empirical Research Approach and Methods -- Primary Research: Expert Interviews -- Primary Research: Company Survey -- Conclusion and Contribution to Knowledge -- Appendix.

This book examines cost-of-capital models and their application in the context of managerial finance. This includes the use of hurdle rates in capital allocation decisions, as well as target returns in performance management. Besides a review of classical finance models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), other contemporary models and techniques to determine the cost-of-capital of business units and private companies are discussed. Based on a mixed methods approach, current cost-of-capital practices and their determinants are  empirically analyzed among German companies.

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