Airline Industry Analysis Page 1 of 15 Memorandum Date: Subject: To: From: July 13‚ 2009 Airline Industry Analysis Dr. Matt Ford Adam Brown‚ Radmila Gogzheyan‚ Greg Huwel‚ Marie Meininger‚ Josh Riedel‚ Christina Ryan Introduction The following is an analysis of the airline industry. Using collected information and Porter’s “Five Forces” model‚ we will provide information about the attractiveness of the airline industry and provide a recommendation based on that information. Industry Background
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Chapter 13: 1) E13-14 (5 points); 2) E13-16 (5 points); 3) E13-18 (5 points); 4) E13-19 (1 point); 5) P13-23A (8 points); 6) P13-25A (8 points); 7) P13-33A parts a‚ b and c only (8 points); 8) P13-39B (8 points); 9) P13-42B (7 points) Solutions: E13-14 (5 points): (a) The cash payback period is: $48‚000 ÷ $8‚000 = 6 years The net present value is: | | Time Period | | CashFlows | × | 9% DiscountFactor | = | PresentValue | Present value of net annual cash flows |
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Question 1 When a project ’s NPV exceeds zero‚ The project should be accepted without any further consideration‚ assuming we are confident that the cash flows and the required rate of return have been properly estimated. Question 2 Which of the following capital budgeting techniques does not adjust for the riskiness of the cash flows? Payback Question 3 A(n) ____ is the return on the best alternative use of an asset‚ the highest return that will not be earned if funds are not invested
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| |NPV @ 8.4% (including TV) |$9‚122 |$12‚537 | |NPV @ 9.0% (including TV) |$7‚446 |$10‚378 | |IRR |32% |23% | |Payback Period |6
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11 - 1 11 - 2 Choosing the Optimal Capital Budget Finance theory says to accept all positive NPV projects. Two problems can occur when there is not enough internally generated cash to fund all positive NPV projects: Increasing Marginal Cost of Capital Externally raised capital can have large flotation costs‚ which increase the cost of capital. Investors often perceive large capital budgets as being risky‚ which drives up the cost of capital. (More...) An increasing marginal
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South American Adventures Unlimited 1. The project management could play a critical role in operating the business of Adventures Unlimited. ‘A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result’(Larson and Gray 2010). In this case‚ each tour organized by Adventures Unlimited could be a project as they have an established objective on organizing and leading outdoor activities in Central and South America. Each trip has a defined life span with a specific beginning
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Capital Investment Decision Strayer University Graduate Accounting Capstone ACC-599 September 28‚ 2013 Professor: Dr. Mary Johnson Abstract The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act‚ signed into legislation in July of 2010‚ by President Barack Obama‚ as a result of the financial crisis that began in 2008‚ which resulted in massive failure of large financial institutions‚ threatening the financial stability of the U.S.‚ as well as the global economy (Dodd‚ C.
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The Super Project Flows: 1) Test Market Expenses: Do not Include it is a sunk cost and cannot be recovered if the project were not to become operational. 2) Overhead cost: The Super project will initially not require incremental overhead costs. However‚ if and when the project grows‚ incremental overhead expenses will be incurred specific to the project. This has to be captured in capital budgeting to accurately assess the project. Here we assume that the project will not require considerable
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Investment in Assets and required returns · Cash flow determination · Non-DCF and DCF techniques Case: Investment analysis and Lockheed Tri Star Assignment Questions 1. Compute the payback‚ net present value (NPV)‚ and internal rate of return (IRR) for this machine. Should Rainbow purchase it? Assume that all cash flows (except the initial purchase) occur at the end of the year‚ and do not consider taxes. 2. For a $500 per year additional expenditure‚ Rainbow can get a "Good As New" service
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Division‚ ICG Sales and Marketing Department‚ and Treasury Staff. Furthermore‚ this proposal will also evaluate the recommendation from the Assistant Plant Manager. Then‚ the proposed analysis is compared to the Greystock’s analysis. The NPV and the IRR of the proposed analysis are lower than the Greystock’s. Nonetheless‚ both analysis state that the project is attractive to the company. There are some changes that need to be done in the Greystock’s analysis. The proposed analysis satisfies all the
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