History of Caterpillar Inc. The Caterpillar Company was formed in 1925‚ when Holt Manufacturing Company and C.L. Best Tractor Co. merged and formed the Caterpillar Tractor Co. Both of these companies were formed by Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best‚ also known as the founders of Caterpillar. In 1931‚ the first Diesel Sixty Tractor rolled of an assembly line in Illinois‚ thus offering a newer more efficient source of power for the track-type tractors. Later in the 1940s‚ the Caterpillar product line
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CHAPTER 18 VALUATION AND CAPITAL BUDGETING FOR THE LEVERED FIRM Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. APV is equal to the NPV of the project (i.e. the value of the project for an unlevered firm) plus the NPV of financing side effects. 2. The WACC is based on a target debt level while the APV is based on the amount of debt. 3. FTE uses levered cash flow and other methods use unlevered cash flow. 4. The WACC method does not explicitly include the interest cash
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School of Management Blekinge Institute of Technology THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAYBACK METHOD IN CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISION. By Alaba Femi‚ AWOMEWE & Oludele Olawale‚ OGUNDELE Supervisor: Anders Hederstierna Thesis for the Master’s degree in Business Administration Fall/Spring 2008 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAYBACK METHOD IN CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISION. By Alaba Femi‚ AWOMEWE & Oludele Olawale‚ OGUNDELE A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
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Capital Budgeting Methods for Corporate Project Selection In a 2001 Graham and Harvey survey of 392 chief financial officers (CFOs) asked “how frequently they used different capital budgeting methods?” Approximately 75% of the CFOs replied that they use net present value (NPV) or Internal Rate of Return (IRR) always or almost always (Smart‚ Megginson & Gitman‚ 2004‚ pg. 251). Projects are viewed as capital investments in the corporate world‚ and as such‚ are evaluated closely for their possible
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Caterpillar Tony Keller MBL 524: Financial Management for Business Leaders Catherine Frost May 29‚ 2013 Caterpillar In the 1890s and early 1900s‚ Benjamin Holt created wooden tracks that were chained together that he fastened to a steam tractor. This created an easier maneuverable tractor across the soft dirt of San Joaquin Valley Delta‚ California therefore causing easier and faster farming as well as construction. His photographer‚ Charles Clements‚ who
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital Case 15 Financial Administration FINC 5713-180 Team 1 Fall 2013. October 8‚ 2013. Introduction Kimi Ford a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group which is a mutual-fund management firm‚ is considering to buy some shares from Nike‚ inc even if it’s share price had declined from the beginning of the year‚ for the Northpoint Large-cap fund she managed which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies and it was doing well despite the decline
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of Capital Budgeting 1. A firm should never accept a project if its acceptance would lead to an increase in the firm’s cost of capital (its WACC). a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Because “present value” refers to the value of cash flows that occur at different points in time‚ a series of present values of cash flows should not be summed to determine the value of a capital budgeting project. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 3. Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm’s cost of capital are
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Budgeting and beyond budgeting Introduction With the economic rapid develop recently‚ more and more companies pay attention to the cost budgeting‚ some people think that this is a good and efficient way to operate the company‚ it will take more benefit for them. However‚ some people believe that it is a inefficient method‚ it will waste long time and capital to do‚ and bring the little profit. This essay wills analysis this issue from the different parts. The first part‚ it will talk about the
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: CAPITAL BUDGETING MINI CASE 1 CAPITAL BUDGETING (MINI CASE) QUESTION A What is capital budgeting? Solution: Capital budgeting is a required managerial tool. One duty of a financial manager is to choose investments with satisfactory cash flows and rates of return. Therefore‚ a financial manager must be able to decide whether an investment is worth undertaking and be able to choose intelligently between two or more alternatives. To do this‚ a sound procedure to evaluate
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this report we focus on Nike’s Inc. Cost of Capital and its financial importance for the company and future investors. The management of Nike Inc. addresses issues both on top-line growth and operating performance. The company’s cost of capital is a critical element in such decisions and it is important to estimate precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In our analysis‚ we examine why WACC is important in decision making and we show how WACC for Nike Inc. is calculated correctly. Also
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