Betina had a group of checks that she needed to deposit and another that she needed to cash for a trip she was leaving on the next day. when she got to her bank on saturday, she was very disappointed to see it was closed. there was one car in the parking lot and a man was walking toward it. she pulled into a place to decide what to do. the man she had seen walked up to her car and asked if he could . when she explained her problem, the man introduced himself as the bank's vice president and offered to cash her checks with the money he had in his wallet. betina has since learned that this kind of service is commonplace at her bank. she knows the bank focuses on the dimension of service quality.

wilson's has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $35 a share. the firm also has a bond issue outstanding with a total face value of $250,000 which is selling for 102 percent of face value. the cost of equity is 11 percent while the preminustax cost of debt is 8 percent. the firm has a beta of 1.1 and a tax rate of 34 percent. what is wilson's weighted average cost of capital?

What is private equity investing? who participates in it and why? how is palamon positioned in the industry? how does private equity investing compare with public market investing? what are the similarities and differences between the two? why is palamon interested in teamsystem? does it fit with palamon’s investment strategy? how much is 51% of teamsystem’s common equity worth? use both a discounted cash flow and a multiple-based valuation to justify your recommendation. what complexities do cross-border deals introduce? what are the specific risks of this deal? what should louis elson recommend to his partners? is it a go or not? if it is a go, what nonprice terms are important? if it’s not a go, what counterproposal would you make?

Todd and jim learned that in building a business plan, it was important for them to: