Consider the following three companies: (i) Gasco owns and operates a chain of gas stations in the
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Consider the following three companies:
(i) Gasco owns and operates a chain of gas stations in the northeast United States.
(ii) Fuelco is a prerevenue company that is attempting to develop new fuel cell technologies to replace the internal combustion engine.
(iii) Combco combines the operations of Gasco and Fuelco.
Use qualitative reasoning to order the cost of capital for these three companies from lowest to highest. (There is more than one reasonable way to answer this question, but there are also wrong ways to answer.)
Cost of capital refers to the opportunity cost of making a specific investment . Cost of capital (COC) is the rate of return that a firm must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. COC is the required rate of...
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Venture capital and the finance of innovation
ISBN: 978-0470454701
2nd Edition
Authors: Andrew Metrick
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