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Reference no. UVA-F-1175
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Robert S Harris (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 13 April 2016
Revision date: 26-Apr-2016
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Cost of capital; Debt policiy
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Abstract

This case provides an introductory exercise for estimating the cost of capital (cost of equity, weighted average cost of capital) for a firm contemplating a large increase in debt. Students are asked to compare the debt policy of MCI Communications with that of five other leading telecommunications companies to find MCI's optimal capital structure.
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Teaching note
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Reference no. UVA-F-1175TN
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Robert S Harris (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 13 April 2016
Revision date: 28-Apr-2016
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Published sources
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Reference no. UVA-F-1826
Spanish language
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Robert S Harris (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 5 November 2010
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Cost of capital; Debt policy; Finance
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Supplementary software
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Reference no. UVA-F-1175X
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 13 April 2016
Revision date: 28-Apr-2016
Format: .xlsx
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Cost of capital; Debt policiy
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Abstract

This case provides an introductory exercise for estimating the cost of capital (cost of equity, weighted average cost of capital) for a firm contemplating a large increase in debt. Students are asked to compare the debt policy of MCI Communications with that of five other leading telecommunications companies to find MCI's optimal capital structure.

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Teaching note
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Reference no. UVA-F-1175TN
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Robert S Harris (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 13 April 2016
Revision date: 28-Apr-2016
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Published sources
View full details
Case
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Reference no. UVA-F-1826
Spanish language
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Robert S Harris (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 5 November 2010
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Cost of capital; Debt policy; Finance
View full details
Supplementary software
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Reference no. UVA-F-1175X
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Susan Chaplinsky (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1997
Version: 13 April 2016
Revision date: 28-Apr-2016
Format: .xlsx
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Cost of capital; Debt policiy
View full details