5 : Capital Budgeting Practices in Selected Indian Companies 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Data Analysis and Findings 5.3 Conclusion 129 Chapter 5 : Capital Budgeting Practices in Selected Indian Companies 5.1 Introduction: This chapter examines the trend in capital budgeting practices of twenty eight companies operating in different industry. The search for a reliable method of project appraisal dates back to decades. The issue not only continues to be a matter of concern
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INTRODUCTION TO CAPITAL BUDGETING Overview 159 7.1 The NPV Rule for Judging Investments and Projects 159 7.2 The IRR Rule for Judging Investments 161 7.3 NPV or IRR‚ Which to Use? 162 7.4 The “Yes–No” Criterion: When Do IRR and NPV Give the Same Answer? 163 7.5 Do NPV and IRR Produce the Same Project Rankings? 164 7.6 Capital Budgeting Principle: Ignore Sunk Costs and Consider Only Marginal Cash Flows 168 7.7 Capital Budgeting Principle: Don’t Forget the Effects of Taxes—Sally and Dave’s
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Estimate the required net working capital for each year and the cash flow due to investments in net working capital. The firm needs to increase its net working capital by 12% of incremental sales revenues. This amount is needed in the year before the sales revenue is earned. The amount for year 0 is 12% x $250‚000 = $30‚000.00‚ and that for year 1‚ 2‚ and 3 are $30‚900.00‚ $31‚827.00‚ and $32‚781.81 respectively. The cash flow due to the changes in the working capital is shown in Table 2. Year 0 1 2
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Capital Budgeting Surveys: The Future is Now Richard M. Burns and Joe Walker This research is motivated by two major factors: (1) the over twenty year hiatus since the last thorough review ofthe capital budgeting survey literature‚ and (2) past appeals to the finance academic community by researchers to explore neglected areas ofthe capital budgeting process. In response‚ and using a four-stage capital budgeting process as a guide‚ the authors review the capital budgeting survey literature
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Prepared for The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Vol. 15‚ No. 1‚ 2002 How do CFOs make capital budgeting and capital structure decisions?1 John R. Graham Associate Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA Campbell R. Harvey Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA National Bureau of Economic Research‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02912 USA March 8‚ 2002 1A longer and more detailed version of this paper is published
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Capital budgeting refers to the total process of generating‚ evaluating‚ selecting and following up on capital expenditure alternatives. The firm allocates or budgets financial resources to new investment proposals. Basically‚ the firm may be confronted with three types of capital budgeting decisions i) the accept/reject decision‚ ii) the mutually exclusively choice decision and iii) the capital rationing decision. i) Asset – reject decision: This is a fundamental decision in capital budgeting
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According to Attrill and Mclaney‚ 2009‚ there are four (4) approaches to capital budgeting. The net present value (NPV) is one of such and is a summation of all discounted cash flows(Present Value) associated with whichever project(s) are undergoing appraisal. Every appraisal method have decision rules‚ examples include the Payback Period(PBP) which stipulates the approval of projects that pays back the initial investments within a specific period. For this method (Net Present Value) to be most
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A SUMMARY OF CAPITAL BUDGETING TECHNIQUES E A G C EDIRISINGHE - FGS/02/25/01/2012/044 COURSE MBA 61043- CORPORATE FINANCE SECOND YEAR SEMESTER ONE – 2013 Master of Business Administration Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies University of Kelaniya Course Instructors : Dr.P.M.C. Thilkarathne Dr.D.K.Y. Abeyawardena Corporate Finance - MBA 61043 CAPITAL BUDGETING TECHNIQUES Faced with limited sources of capital‚ management should carefully decide whether a particular project
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“CAPITAL BUDGETING INAIR-INDIA” PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. MUMBAI UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED BY: - Mr. VISHAL D. JADHAV M.M.S 09-11 (Finance) SUBMITTED TO: - AIR- INDIA LTD. UNDER THE GUIDANCE: - Mr. SHOBHAN A. TALAVDEKAR DECLARATION I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT ON “CAPITAL BUDGETING” IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011. THIS INFORMATION IS TRUE AND ORIGINAL TO
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its potential capital budgeting projects‚ even though the projects have a wide range of nondiversifiable risk. The firm then undertakes all those projects that appear to have positive NPVs. Briefly explain why such a firm would tend to become riskier over time. Let’s start with some definitions and simple examples according to authors‚ Emery‚ Finnerty and Stowe: “Time Value of Money: The value that a capital budgeting project will create—its NPV—depends on its cost of capital‚ its required return”
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