Dealing with Operating Leases in Valuation Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business 44 West Fourth Street New York‚ NY 10012 adamodar@stern.nyu.edu Abstract Most firm valuation models start with the after-tax operating income as a measure of the operating income on a firm and reduce it by the reinvestment rate to arrive at the free cash flow to the firm. Implicitly‚ we assume that the operating expenses do not include any financing expenses (such as interest expense on debt). While this assumption
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Individual Decision Making Decision making without a group’s input or a decision made regardless of the group’s opinion is‚ naturally‚ an individual decision. This is the more traditional decision making approach and can work effectively for a manager when the group’s input is not required or in certain cases‚ desired. Group Decision Making There are several models of group decision making that you can put to use. Two examples are consensus and consultation. Consensus decision making involves
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debit-balance account “Cash Discounts” in the Statement of Comprehensive Income should be treated the same way as the “Trade Discounts” account. Background and pertinent facts: Trade discount is allowed by the supplier of the goods to the purchaser when he buys from the supplier in bulk quantities. The purchaser is accountable for the invoice price which is the list price less the trade discount. Whereas‚ cash discount (also known as sales discount) is a decrease granted by supplier from the invoice price
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Greavu 1 John Greavu WRIT 1301 Mr. Anderson 25 OCT 2011 Reading Response #5: Time’s Exchange Rate “Time is money”: Bejamin Franklin‚ Founding Father of the United States of America seemed to imply his country’s priorities fairly well in his famous three-word quote. Time and money are valued almost above all in the U.S.‚ and sacrificing one or the other usually is at least a minor struggle for most Americans. In the capitalist society that we live in‚ people are always competing. They are always
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Tim Brueggemann MBA54001OL 8 July 2011 Case: A Make or Buy Decision at Baxter Manufacturing Company Situation Baxter Manufacturing Company is trying to decide whether or not to buy a new software program. The problem is they are afraid to buy this new program because of their past experience. Now‚ they are in a dilemma because they know they have learned from the mistakes they made before so they might b successful this time. The decision will be taken after talking to their people. They are really
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CHAPTER 21 Accounting for Leases ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS **1. The major lessor groups in the United States are banks‚ captives‚ and independents. Captives have the point of sale advantage in finding leasing customers; that is‚ as soon as a parent receives a possible order‚ a lease financing arrangement can be developed by its leasing subsidiary. Furthermore‚ the captive (lessor) has the product knowledge which gives it an advantage when financing the parents’ product. The current trend is for captives
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Federal Reserves’ discount rate‚ monetary policy‚ and stimulus program through the money multiplier. What are the factors that would influence the Federal Reserve in adjusting the discount rate? According to Chron if prices rise too fast or the economy starts slowing down‚ the Federal Reserve uses the discount rate as a way of manipulating interest rates to stabilize the economy. This change can either increase or decrease how much you ’ll pay to borrow money. How does the discount rate affect the
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Operating Vs Finance Leases Organization does normally decide to lease long-term assets instead of buying them. The choice to lease is mostly because of evident factors such as necessity‚ better financial terms‚ maintain the assets off the balance sheet‚ or the absence of available funding. Operating lease and capital lease are the two types of accounting methods for leases. Warning‚ equally‚ the two kinds of leases are used for diverse reasons and marks in opposing usage in the books of accounting
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favor more liberal viewpoints. In contrast‚ the Republican Party is on the ‘right’‚ and tend to have more conservative-leaning ideology on issues. When it comes to my political viewpoints‚ I believe they align the best with the Republican Party. I see myself as a Republican due to my upbringing from my parents and witnessing the success of the party. I see myself as a Republican because of my upbringing by my parents. Growing up‚ my parents would remind me of where they came from‚ and the struggle
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The contrast in viewpoints between Huffington Post and Fox News in general could not be more pronounced‚ as each endeavor to cater to specific viewpoints; in the case of Huffington Post more Liberal‚ and Fox News more Conservative leaning. However because this story relates to a proposal that is being put together by both Lindsey Graham from the Republican Party‚ and Chuck Schumer of the Democratic Party the content on Fox News is somewhat more centrist than the usual fare‚ to emphasize the working
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