Corporate Finance 10th Ross SOLUTIONS MANUAL and test bank

 
Corporate Finance 10th  Ross SOLUTIONS MANUAL and test bank
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Corporate Finance, 10/e

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Stephen A. Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Randolph W. Westerfield, University of Southern California
Jeffrey Jaffe, University of Pennsylvania

ISBN: 0078034779

Solutions Manual

Corporate Finance

Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe

10^th edition

01/30/2013

Prepared by:

Joe Smolira

Belmont University

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE

 

Answers to Concept Questions

1.     In the corporate form of ownership, the shareholders are the owners of the firm. The shareholders elect the directors of the corporation, who in turn appoint the firm’s management. This separation of ownership from control in the corporate form of organization is what causes agency problems to exist. Management may act in its own or someone else’s best interests, rather than those of the shareholders. If such events occur, they may contradict the goal of maximizing the share price of the equity of the firm.

2.     Such organizations frequently pursue social or political missions, so many different goals are conceivable. One goal that is often cited is revenue minimization; i.e., provide whatever goods and services are offered at the lowest possible cost to society. A better approach might be to observe that even a not-for-profit business has equity. Thus, one answer is that the appropriate goal is to maximize the value of the equity.

3.     Presumably, the current stock value reflects the risk, timing, and magnitude of all future cash flows, both short-term and long-term. If this is correct, then the statement is false.

4.     An argument can be made either way. At the one extreme, we could argue that in a market economy, all of these things are priced. There is thus an optimal level of, for example, ethical and/or illegal behavior, and the framework of stock valuation explicitly includes these. At the other extreme, we could argue that these are non-economic phenomena and are best handled through the political process. A classic (and highly relevant) thought question that illustrates this debate goes something like this: “A firm has estimated that the cost of improving the safety of one of its products is $30 million. However, the firm believes that improving the safety of the product will only save $20 million in product liability claims. What should the firm do?”

5.     The goal will be the same, but the best course of action toward that goal may be different because of differing social, political, and economic institutions.

6.    The goal of management should be to maximize the share price for the current shareholders. If management believes that it can improve the profitability of the firm so that the share price will exceed $35, then they should fight the offer from the outside company. If management believes that this bidder or other unidentified bidders will actually pay more than $35 per share to acquire the company, then they should still fight the offer. However, if the current management cannot increase the value of the firm beyond the bid price, and no other higher bids come in, then management is not acting in the interests of the shareholders by fighting the offer. Since cur

the solutions manual include the case solutions

Case Solutions

   

Corporate Finance

     

Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe

10^th edition

 11/13/2012

Prepared by:

Joe Smolira

Belmont University

CHAPTER 2

CASH FLOWS AT WARF COMPUTERS

      The operating cash flow for the company is: (NOTE: All numbers are in thousands of dollars)

      OCF = EBIT + Depreciation – Current taxes

      OCF = $1,598 + 191 – 467

      OCF = $1,322

      To calculate the cash flow from assets, we need to find the capital spending and change in net working capital. The capital spending for the year was:

	Capital spending
	Ending net fixed assets	$2,770
	– Beginning net fixed assets	2,151
	+ Depreciation	191
	Net capital spending	$  810

      And the change in net working capital was:

	Change in net working capital
	Ending NWC	$874
	– Beginning NWC	704
	Change in NWC	$170

      So, the cash flow from assets was:

	Cash flow from assets
	Operating cash flow	$1,322
	– Net capital spending	810
	– Change in NWC	170
	Cash flow from assets	$342

      The cash flow to creditors was:

	Cash flow to creditors
	Interest paid	$105
	– Net New Borrowing	24
	Cash flow to Creditors	$81