UGANDA MANGEMENT INSTITUTE Public Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the
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investments in a variety of capital projects. Whether it is the need to purchase new machinery‚ expanding the production facility‚ or even buying new transport‚ all these projects require firms to make high investment now. In all these projects‚ the cash flow or the benefit is expected to be received for several years. A company at any time may have many capital projects in foresight. It is the responsibility of the finance manager to evaluate these projects through the capital budgeting process which involves
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What’s your real cost of capital? By James J. McNulty‚ Tony D. Yeh‚ William s. Schulze‚ and Michael H. Lubatkin Harvard Business Review‚ October 2002 Issue of the article: valuing investment projects Number of pages: 12 Daniel Miravet Campos Part 1. Executive summary This article is fundamentally based on the exposition of a new method to calculate the cost of capital for a company (MCPM)‚ to meet the inefficiencies of the current one (CAPM). In valuing any investment project or
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Cases and Exercises for Value and Capital Budgeting Corporate Finance Academic Year 2012/2013 1. The treasurer of Amaro Canned Fruits has projected the cash flows of projects A‚ B and C as follows (measured in e): Year 0 Project A Project B Project C Year 1 70‚ 000 130‚ 000 75‚ 000 Year 2 70‚ 000 130‚ 000 60‚ 000 −100‚ 000 −200‚ 000 −100‚ 000 Suppose the relevant discount rate is 12% per annum. (a) Compute the profitability index for each of the three projects. (b) Compute the NPV for each
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My task is to find a car that is within my budget of $10000. I’m a 19 year old that works at Kotara full time earning $17.50/hr working 40 hours a week with a net income of $32‚ 841. I need to buy a car within my price range to make sure I can get to work on time. Kotara is approximately 20km away from home so driving to and from work will approximately be 40km a day. Working 5 days a week in total I will be travelling 200km. I choose a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Sport LA that costs $9‚990 because it
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Issues in Accounting Education Vol. 15‚ No. 2 May 2000 Budgeting and Performance Evaluation at the Berkshire Toy Company Dean Crawford and Eleanor G. Henry ABSTRACT: This case1 provides an opportunity to study budgets‚ budget variances‚ and performance evaluation at several levels. As a purely mechanical problem‚ the case asks for calculations of various price‚ efficiency‚ spending‚ and volume variances from a set of budgets and actual results. The case is also an interpretive exercise. After the
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WORKING CAPITAL AND FIXED CAPITAL AND ITS ADVANTAGES Introduction: A firm requires funds to acquire two types of assets : fixed assets and current assets .Fixed assets include land biulding ‚ plant‚ and machinary ‚ vehicles ‚ equipment etc.These assets relatively permanent in nature and are necessary for carrying on the bussiness .Current assets ‚on the other hand ‚are kept for supporting day-to-day operations and keep changing during the course of the business.They liquidated within short period
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Many householders as well as companies are still constructing and growing attempting to improve today’s economic climate. Opening up a small concrete organization and dealing with the general public and building clientele might earn potential income. When opening a business several expenditures occur and difficult jobs are required. In order to begin a company factors require to be analyzed for example workers‚ material‚ vehicles‚ factories‚ and funds. When the company investment is thought and prepared
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Planning and Budgeting in Developing Countries – “Shrinking the P” Posted by Richard Allen[1] In most advanced western countries‚ the use of a national development plan as the primary tool of policy-making died out two generations ago‚ as it largely did in countries of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. However‚ national development planning continues to be a dominant policy instrument in many low-income and emerging market economies. Similarly‚ public investment plans (PIPs)‚ which
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Venture Budgeting and Forecasting Paper Resources: Kudler Opening Budget Write a 700- to 900-word paper in APA format in which you do the following: • Illustrate how your venture would perform by estimating the revenue and expense to calculate operating profit or loss. Include estimates of your venture’s main sources of revenue and the expenses expected in the main cost categories such as the cost of goods‚ sales and marketing‚ labor‚ rent‚ maintenance‚ and any other significant expenses
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