Valuation of Corporate Growth Opportunities

List of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Growth Opportunities: An Overview; Introduction;Growth Opportunities; Financing Constraints; Basic Approaches to Valuation; Conclusion; The Valuation Model; Investment Decision; Production Decision; Marketing Decision; Overall Value of Corporate Growth Opportunities; Conclusion; 3. Comparative Static Analysis; Introduction; Choice of the Level of R&D; Growth Value in the Case of a Monopoly; Growth Value in the Case of Collusion; Value of Growth Opportunities with R&D; Value of Growth Opportunities with Rival R&D; Growth Opportunities with Size of Innovation Rents; Growth Opportunities with Strike Price; The Impact of R&D on the Expected Time of Discovery; Growth Opportunities with the Expected Time of Innovation; Growth Opportunities with the Return on the Hedge Portfolio; Conclusion; 4. Scenario Analysis: A Case Study of a Biotechnology Company; Company Background; Market Trend; Industry Competition; Risks; Investment Analysis; 5. Financing a Growth Project: A Binomal Approach; Introduction;Operating Flexibility; Financing Flexibility; The Project; The Binomial Framework; Conclusion 6. Empirical Analysis Data Sources and Empirical Design; Empirical Results; The Fama-French Methodology; Conclusion; Summary, Problems and Future Research ; Summary; Determining Parameter Values; Data and Sample Selection Problems; Future Research; Concluding Remarks; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Bibliography; Index.