What’s your real cost of capital? By James J. McNulty‚ Tony D. Yeh‚ William s. Schulze‚ and Michael H. Lubatkin Harvard Business Review‚ October 2002 Issue of the article: valuing investment projects Number of pages: 12 Daniel Miravet Campos Part 1. Executive summary This article is fundamentally based on the exposition of a new method to calculate the cost of capital for a company (MCPM)‚ to meet the inefficiencies of the current one (CAPM). In valuing any investment project or
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10/12/04 4:49 PM Page 259 8 C H A P T E R COST CURVES 8.1 LONG-RUN COST CURVES APPLICATION 8.1 The Long Run Cost of Trucking APPLICATION 8.2 The Costs of Higher Education APPLICATION 8.3 Economies of Scale in Refining Alumina? APPLICATION 8.4 Hospitals Are Businesses Too APPLICATION 8.5 Tracking Railroad Costs APPLICATION 8.6 Economies of Scope for the 8.2 S H O RT- R U N C O ST C U RV E S 8.3 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COST Swoosh Experience Reduces Costs of Computer Chips APPLICATION 8.7 8.4
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Lesson-13 Elements of Cost and Cost Sheet Learning Objectives • • • To understand the elements of cost To classify overheads on different bases To prepare a cost sheet Elements of Cost Raw materials are converted into finished products by a manufacturing concern with the help of labor‚ plants etc. The elements that constitute the cost of manufacturing are known as elements of cost. The elements of cost include the following: • • • Material Labor Expenses Each of these elements is again subdivided
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Cost classification is the process of grouping costs according to their common characteristics. A suitable classification of costs is of vital importance in order to identify the cost with cost centres or cost units. Cost may be classified accounting to their nature‚ i.e.‚ material‚ labor and expenses and a number of other characteristics. The same cost figures are classified according to different ways of costing depending upon the purpose to be achieved and requirements of particular
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Question 1: (a) Suppose the income elasticity of demand for pre-recorded music compact disks is +5 and the income elasticity of demand for a cabinet maker’s work is +0.5. Compare the impact on pre-recorded music compact disks and the cabinet maker’s work of a recession that reduces consumer incomes by 10 per cent. (2 marks) (b) How might you determine whether the pre-recorded music compact discs and MP3 music players are in competition with each other? (2 marks) (c) Interpret the
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Q1: explicit costs and implicit costs concepts Explicit Cost Explicit cost is defined as the direct payment which is supposed to be made to others while running business. This includes the wages‚ rents or materials which are due in the contract. The explicit cost is the expense done in business which can easily be identified and accounted for in the business at any stage. The explicit cost represents the out flows of cash in clear and obvious terms. When any out flow of credit occurs in a business
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Classification of Cost Cost may be classified into different categories depending upon the purpose of classification. Some of the important categories in which the costs are classified are as follows: 1. Fixed‚ Variable and Semi-Variable Costs The cost which varies directly in proportion with every increase or decrease in the volume of output or production is known as variable cost. Some of its examples are as follows: • Wages of laborers • Cost of direct material • Power The cost which does
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Cost Leadership: Any organization in order to survive in a highly competitive market should be able to achieve sustainable growth and profitability. Companies that have managed to reduce costs and understand the cost technology can obtain sustainable advantage as a cost leader. In order for any company to become a cost leader is important that the cost technology is understood and the five constituent steps are implemented and followed by the management. The five steps towards obtaining
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Chapter 4: Costs and Cost Minimization Multiple Choice 1. Suppose you are a star basketball player at a major university in your sophomore year. You are sought after by several NBA teams. Which of the following choices best characterizes your opportunity cost if you choose to drop out of college and enter the NBA? a) The value of your college scholarship that you have given up. b) The skills that two more years of playing at your college would have given you along with their additional value
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Costs of Production July 2011 Topics to be Discussed Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? How do Cost Curves Behave? – Cost in the Short Run – Cost in the Long Run How to Minimize Cost? How to draw Implications for Business Strategy? Topics to be Discussed Production with Two Outputs: Economies of Scope Dynamic Changes in Costs: The Learning Curve Estimating and Predicting Cost Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? Accountants tend to take a retrospective view of firms’ costs‚ whereas
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