Part h. What does the term “risk” mean in the context of capital budgeting; to what extent can risk be quantified; and‚ when risk is quantified‚ is the quantification based primarily on statistical analysis of historical data or on subjective‚ judgemental estimates? Answer. In capital budgeting‚ the term ‘risk’ refers to the chance that a chosen action or activity or the the choice of inaction will lead to an undesirable outcome
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1. What is an example of performance-based assessment‚ and why is this kind of assessment usually more interesting for students? (50-70 words) Performance-based assessments are tests that basically are used to asses a skill or ability. These type of exams have become popular because they are not like the traditional assessments. This kind of assessments are more interesting to students‚ because it measures skills and abilities and the rubric used for this tests are completely different. 2. What
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Capital Budgeting Case Theresa Cruz‚ Jesika Watson‚ Sophina Lane QRB/501 March 30‚ 2015 Melinda Gregg Capital Budgeting Case Analyzing the Results In the two capital budgeting cases corporations (A and B) have different revenues values and expenses as well as variable depreciation expenses‚ tax rates and discount rates. The members of our team had to compute both corporate cases NVP‚ IRR‚ PI‚ Payback Period‚ DPP‚ and project a 5-year income statement and cash flow in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
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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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Date: February 20‚ 2011 Re: Budgeting Impacting Company’s Financial Statements Scope and Objective Intercoastal Electronics Company is excited about the upcoming year‚ and is ready to acquire new inventory equipment in order to process a streamline operation for their small‚ rapidly growing consumer electronics products base. The acquisition of new assets within the new year‚ is extremely essential to planning a budget‚ and will require the participation of department’s
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Capital Budgeting Mini Case There are many different methods business owners use to efficiently analyze business investment. One of these effective methods is the calculation of the net present value or NPV. The second most effective method would be the calculations of the internal rate of return or IRR. There are also other useful methods as well‚ for example‚ the payback rule and the profitability index. Many business owners use the above procedures to help them in their decision making of acquiring
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Budgeting and Forecasting 278 Midterm 2014 (TCO 1) The type of budget that is updated on a regular basis is known as a _____. Student Answer: continuous budget revised budget updated budget flexible budget TCO 2) The quantitative forecasting method that uses actual sales from recent time periods to predict future sales‚ assuming each period has equal influence on the prediction of future sales‚ is the _____. Student Answer: moving average model weighted moving average
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The Effects of Reputation and Ethics on Budgetary Slack This paper conducts an experimental study to test the effects on budgetary slack of two potential controls for opportunistic self-interest – reputation and ethics. In the experimental study the level of information asymmetry between the subordinate and the superior regarding productive capability is manipulated and the subordinate’s reputation and ethical concerns regarding budgetary slack are measured. The paper examines how information asymmetry
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Issue 12 (2008) © EuroJournals‚ Inc. 2008 http://www.eurojournalsn.com Budget and Budgetary Control for Improved Performance: A Consideration for Selected Food and Beverages Companies in Nigeria Ishola Rufus Akintoye Room 116‚ Department of Economics‚ Faculty of the Social Sciences University of Ibadan‚ Oyo State‚ Nigeria‚ West Africa Tel: 234-8035369293‚ 8082130269 E-mail: irakintoye@yahoo.com Abstract Budget and Budgetary control‚ both at management and operational level looks at the future and
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The technology-based business is an attractive business that has opportunity of a great value proposition‚ technically feasible products‚ strong intellectual property‚ a sustainable competitive advantage‚ a large potential market‚ and scalable business model (Prof. Tom Byers‚ 2000). The technology-based business has the uniqueness than other business. It has short life cycle‚ so it changes very fast and needs to innovation shortly. People that do in this are should be very creative and has feature
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