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Do You Know Your Cost of Capital? (Spanish version)
Jacobs, Michael T.; Shivdasani, AnilArticle HBS-R1207LAccounting and ControlThe Association for Financial Professionals surveyed its members about the assumptions built into the financial models they use to evaluate investment opportunities. Remarkably, no survey question received the same answer from a majority of the more than 300 respondents. That's a big problem--because assumptions about the costs of equity and debt profoundly affect both the type and the value of the investments that companies make, as well as the ...Starting at €8.20
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Sticks and Stones? How Companies Respond to "Tax Shaming"
DeSimone, L; Hoopes, H; Lester, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-A226-EAccounting and ControlAn increasing number of global corporations have experienced negative publicity over complicated tax structures established to minimize their tax burdens. In the case of U.S. companies, there has been a growing outcry over “inversions,” a means of restructuring the business so that the U.S. parent was replaced by a foreign parent entity in a nation with lower corporate tax rates. Apple CEO Tim Cook was called to testify regarding Apple’s tax st...Starting at €8.20
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Etsy: Keeping it Real by Keeping Taxes Low
de, Simone, L; Hoopes, J; Lester, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-A227-EAccounting and ControlEtsy was an online craft bazaar founded in 2005 in a loft in Brooklyn, New York. The company was known for its emphasis on social responsibility, transparency, authenticity, and its somewhat nontraditional approach to business. In January 2015, Etsy converted its Irish subsidiary to an unlimited liability company, a move it described as implementation of an “updated global corporate structure.” In a subsequent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commis...Starting at €8.20
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Do You Know Your Cost of Capital
Jacobs, Michael T.; Shivdasani, AnilArticle HBS-R1207L-EAccounting and ControlThe Association for Financial Professionals surveyed its members about the assumptions built into the financial models they use to evaluate investment opportunities. Remarkably, no survey question received the same answer from a majority of the more than 300 respondents. That's a big problem--because assumptions about the costs of equity and debt profoundly affect both the type and the value of the investments that companies make, as well as the ...Starting at €8.20