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June 2021
Technical Note
HBS Case Collection

The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): Derivation, Intuition, and Applications

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

Format:Print
| Language:English

Citation

Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): Derivation, Intuition, and Applications." Harvard Business School Technical Note 221-106, June 2021.

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Benjamin C. Esty

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E. Scott Mayfield

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