FINANCE Corporate financial policy and R and D Management

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  • CHAPTER About the Author xi

    • Corporate Financial Policy and R&D Management



  • CHAPTER

    • An Introduction to Financial Statements

      • The Balance Sheet

        • Assets



      • Liabilities and Capital

        • Current Liabilities

        • Long-Term Debt

        • Capital Section of the Balance Sheet

        • Book Value of Common Stock



      • Consolidated Balance Sheets

        • and Sources and Uses of Funds The Operating Statements: The Income Statement



      • Sources and Uses of Funds





  • CHAPTER

    • Ratio Analysis

      • Ratio Analysis and the Firm’s Perceived Financial Health

        • Current Analysis Ratios

        • Leverage Ratio

        • Sales Efficiency Ratio

        • Profitability Ratios



      • Financial Ratios and the Perceived Financial Health of Firms

      • Time Series of Ratios in the United States, 1970–2003

      • Limitations of Ratio Analysis





  • CHAPTER

    • Debt, Equity, Financial Structure, and the Investment Decision

      • Definition of Leverage—Profits and Financial Risk

        • The Pure Theory of the Optimal Financial Structure

        • Modigliani and Miller—Constant Capital Costs

        • The Optimal Capital Structure and the M&M Hypothesis

        • Empirical Factors Influencing Financial Structures



      • Cost of Capital

      • Real Options and the Investment Decision

        • Abandonment Value

        • Option to Delay a Project

          • an Option Implications of Viewing the Right to Delay a Project as









  • CHAPTER

    • An Introduction to Statistical Analysis and Simultaneous Equations

      • The Linear Regression Model

      • Multiple Regression

      • Least Squares Estimates of the Regression Coefficients

      • Multiple Coefficient of Determination

      • Estimation of Simultaneous Equations Systems

        • (Regression) Models Estimation of Parameters in Multiple Equation



      • Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS)

      • Three-Stage Least Squares (3SLS)

        • The Three-Stage Least Squares Estimator







  • CHAPTER

    • Interdependencies among Corporate Financial Policies

      • The Model

      • The Data

      • Estimated Simultaneous Equations Results





  • CHAPTER

    • Compustat R&D Data Comparing Census/National Science Foundation R&D Data with

      • Innovation, R&D, and Stockholder Wealth

      • Financial Decision Estimation Results

        • Comparison of R&D Expenditure Data

        • Comparison of Regression Results



      • Relation of Current Results to Prior Research

      • Extensions of the Simultaneous Equations Approach

      • Summary and Conclusions

      • Suggestions for Future Research





  • CHAPTER

    • The Use of Financial Information in the Risk and Return of Equity

      • Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory

      • Determinants of Stock Selection Models

      • Further Estimations of a Composite Equity Valuation Model

      • Appendix 8.A: Multifactor Risk Models

        • BARRA Model Mathematics

        • Risk Prediction with Multiple-Factor Models



      • Appendix 8.B: US-E3 Descriptor Definitions

        • Volatility

        • Momentum

        • Size

        • Size Nonlinearity

        • Trading Activity

        • Growth

        • Earnings Yield

        • Value

        • Earnings Variability

        • Leverage

        • Currency Sensitivity

        • Dividend Yield

        • Non-Estimation Universe Indicator







  • CHAPTER

    • Term Enhances Stockholder Wealth The Optimization of Efficient Portfolios: How the R&D Quadratic

      • Efficient Portfolio Optimization Results





  • CHAPTER

    • The (Not So Special) Case of Social Investing

      • Stock Selection in Unscreened and Screened Universes

      • Stock Selection and the Domini Social Index Securities

      • Recent Socially Responsible Research

      • Summary and Conclusions





  • CHAPTER

    • R&D Management and Corporate Financial Policy: Conclusions



  • Exercises

  • Notes

  • References

  • About the CD-ROM

  • Index

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