Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: In your view, how similar is the personality of Cogent Communications

In your view, how similar is the personality of Cogent Communications CEO Dave Schaeffer to the personality of PSINet CEO William Schrader?

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Q: With five family members and the former CEO of HP comprising half

With five family members and the former CEO of HP comprising half the Packard Foundation board, was the Packard board largely a homogenous group or a heterogeneous group?

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Q: Did the composition of the Packard Foundation finance committee predispose it to

Did the composition of the Packard Foundation finance committee predispose it to groupthink?

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Q: Was there an endowment effect at work at the Hewlett Foundation?

Was there an endowment effect at work at the Hewlett Foundation?

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Q: Which psychological phenomena might have been at play in the negotiations between

Which psychological phenomena might have been at play in the negotiations between Carol Bartz and Steve Ballmer?

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Q: Discuss Scott McNealy’s comments about sentiment in his interview with Fortune magazine

Discuss Scott McNealy’s comments about sentiment in his interview with Fortune magazine. In your answer, describe any valuation metric Scott McNealy mentions. Do McNealy’s comments suggest that Sun en...

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Q: In 2005, eBay CFO Rajiv Dutta stated that eBay’s investments were

In 2005, eBay CFO Rajiv Dutta stated that eBay’s investments were reflected in the firm’s income statement rather than its balance sheet. Discuss the extent to which Dutta’s perspective, in foresight,...

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Q: Consider the following excerpt from a Prudential report on Wal-Mart

Consider the following excerpt from a Prudential report on Wal-Mart, dated May 13, 2003.16 The report states: We are maintaining our Hold rating on Wal-Mart as we believe the stock’s current valuation...

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Q: In respect to the Morgan Stanley 2003 report on eBay, eBay’s

In respect to the Morgan Stanley 2003 report on eBay, eBay’s annualized geometric return between May 2003 and December 2014 was 7.9 percent, its annualized arithmetic return was 14.2 percent, and its...

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Q: Imagine yourself at a conference center, where there are two groups

Imagine yourself at a conference center, where there are two groups meeting in adjoining rooms, one a group of lawyers and the other a group of engineers. In fact, the room with lawyers contains 30 la...

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