PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781260013900
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Maximizing shareholder value Ms. Espinoza is retired and depends on her investments for her income. Mr. Liu is a young executive who wants to save for the future. Both are stockholders in Scaled Composites LLC, which is building SpaceShipOne to take commercial passengers into space. This investment’s payoff is many years away. Assume it has a positive
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