Cost-of-Capital in Managerial Finance An Examination of Practices in the German Real Economy Sector /

• Main Author: Schlegel, Dennis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Finance.; Industrial organization.; Macroeconomics.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Finance, general.; Industrial Organization.

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 Pri...

Table of 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.