Capital Budgeting Methods and Cash Flow Estimation 53 PRAIRIE WINDS PASTA Directed In the early 1990s‚ the farm economy in the heartland of the United States was weak. Farmers in North Dakota produced hard‚ amber Durham wheat and exported 75% to Italy for the production of high quality pasta. Prices for raw wheat fluctuated radically‚ depending on weather and growing conditions. Many farmers were having difficulty meeting payments for the expensive farm machin- ery required for crop production
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Comparing Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return by Harold Bierman‚ Jr Executive Summary • • • Net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) are two very practical discounted cash flow (DCF) calculations used for making capital budgeting decisions. NPV and IRR lead to the same decisions with investments that are independent. With mutually exclusive investments‚ the NPV method is easier to use and more reliable. Introduction To this point neither of the two discounted cash flow
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MARCH 18‚ 2013 Summary Part I: Net Present Value (NPV) method is one of the most important methods which is used to make capital budgeting decisions by almost every company. NPV method is important because it helps financial managers to maximize shareholders’ wealth by making better capital budgeting decisions. Suppose Google (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=goog&ql=1) is considering a new project that will cost $2‚425‚000 (initial cash outflow). The company has
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Foundation. Mobley‚ M. E and H. Kuniansky. 1992. “Chief Financial Officers’ Views of Academics Versus Practitioners in the Field of Finance.” Financial Practice and Education‚ (Spring/Summer): 67-71. Pruitt‚ S. W. and L. J. Gitman. 1987. “Capital Budgeting Forecast Biases: Evidence from the Fortune 500.” Financial Managemat‚ (Spring): 46-51. Ramirez‚ G. G.‚ D.A. Waldman and D. J. Lasser. 1991. “Research Needs in Corporate Finance: Perspectives From Financial Managers.” Financial Management‚ (Summer)
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UVA-F-1372 Rev. Sept. 8‚ 2010 WORLDWIDE PAPER COMPANY In December 2006‚ Bob Prescott‚ the controller for the Blue Ridge Mill‚ was considering the addition of a new on-site longwood woodyard. The addition would have two primary benefits: to eliminate the need to purchase shortwood from an outside supplier and create the opportunity to sell shortwood on the open market as a new market for Worldwide Paper Company (WPC). Now the new woodyard would allow the Blue Ridge Mill not only to reduce its
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The Role of Performance Measurement in Business Process Re-Engineering QRB 501 December 12‚ 2013 The Role of Performance Measurement in Business Process in Re-Engineering Abstract The purpose of this business study is to test the performance measurement system (PMS) and its interaction with development implementing standard deviation (SD). PMS is the essential of business process engineering (BPR) that is a significant theory in analyzing the interaction between the correlation
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enable us to learn how to efficiently manage assets‚ liabilities‚ and equity in order to maximize the wealth of respective owners while handling the conflicts between them in this and subsequent courses. These principles are reflected in the capital-budgeting process. The basic idea is to view an investment project as a series of cash outflows and inflows over the life of the project. Once the 1 project’s cash flows have been fully identified‚ we adjust them to reflect how desirable these cash flows
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Chapter 8 The Cost of Capital 236 CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL TRUE/FALSE 1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm’s balance sheet. 2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors’ required returns. 3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt. 4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax
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allow the firm to merge with another store. The firm realizes that in order to remain competitive‚ this decision is huge. Along with three courses of action‚ the firm needs to consider the implementation of a capitol budget. When seeking capital budgeting decisions‚ the objective is to find investment projects that will add value to the firm. These are projects that are worth more to the firm than they cost or
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Robert Montoya‚ Inc. (A) Case 3 Robert Montoya‚ Inc.‚ is a leading producer of wine in the United States. The firm was founded in 1950 by Robert Montoya‚ an Air Force veteran who had spent several years in France both before and after World War II. This experience convinced him that California could produce wines that were as good as or better than the best France had to offer. Originally‚ Robert Montoya sold his wine to wholesalers for distribution under their own brand names. Then in the early
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