II. Alternative Decision Criteria Payback Period‚ IRR‚ Profitability Index NBA6060‚ Spring 2014 Hyunseob Kim 1 Which investment decision criteria to use? NBA6060‚ Spring 2014 Hyunseob Kim 2 1 Potential interview question: “What’s the difference between IRR and NPV?” NBA6060‚ Spring 2014 Hyunseob Kim 3 Alternatives to NPV rule • The NPV rule leads to investment decisions in the shareholder’s best interest. • But‚ alternative investment rules have been
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UNIT 4: RATIONAL & INCREMENTAL PLANNING THEORIES Unit 4A: Rational (Synoptic) Planning Theory Meaning of Rationality What do you understand by Rationality? Making decision based on reason/logic and in pursuance of one’s best interest Good judgement How is the term Rationality used in the context of Economic Theory? 03/29/15 RATIONAL & INCREMENTAL THEORIES 3 Evolution of the RationalComprehensive Planning Model Planning Experiments in the US during the New Deal Era: Planning re-defined as
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1.1 ORIGIN OF THE REPORT This report has been prepared as a requirement of the internship program BUS 400 under the BBA program of BRAC University. For my internship program‚ I got the opportunity to work at country‟s leading pharmaceutical company‚ world reputed Square Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL). I was placed under one of the most important departments in the company Product Management Department (PMD). Basically PMD performs the all planning‚ implementation of plans as part of marketing management
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Working Capital Requirements and the Determining Factors in Pakistan Mian Sajid Nazir* and Talat Afza** Literature on corporate finance has traditionally focused on the study of long-term financial decisions. Researchers have examined‚ in particular‚ the investment decisions‚ capital structure‚ dividends or company valuation decisions‚ among other topics. However‚ short-term assets and liabilities are important components of total assets and need to be carefully analyzed. Management of these
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MEMORANDUM TO: President Barack Obama FROM: DATE: April 12‚ 2012 RE: Recommendations for Executive Action on Climate Change Introduction and Summary Chapter One of the National Research Council’s report‚ entitled America’s Climate Choices‚ begins with the following: “The United States lacks an overarching national strategy to respond to climate change.”1 The report recommends that the U.S. address this policy problem (in essence‚ a problem of omission) in part through a reduction of greenhouse gas
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ASTON-BLAIR‚ INC. CASE ANALYSIS Aston-Blair is a producer of "precious metal alloys and other specialized alloys for commercial and industrial use" (Aston-Blair Case‚ 1999: M-6‚ 13). At the time of the case‚ this company is experiencing difficulties due to the economic slowdown that occurred in the early 1990s and the declining price of gold‚ caused by the start of the Gulf War. At the end of an executive committee meeting‚ Wynn Aston III‚ CEO of Aston-Blair‚ charged Peter Casey‚ Vice President
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1. The Financial Management Decision Process. What are the three types of financial management decisions? For each type of decision‚ give an example of a business transaction that would be relevant. · There are three types of financial management decisions: Capital budgeting‚ Capital structure‚ and Working capital management. · Capital budgeting is the process of planning and managing a firm’s long-term investments. The key to capital budgeting is size‚ timing‚ and risk of future cash flows
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Identifying Market Opportunities Through Marketing Information Systems And Research Having looked at the major elements in the international marketing environment‚ this section is concerned with identifying market opportunities. For many agricultural products which are exported from African countries much of this involves the use of "outsiders" - agents‚ for example‚ who know the foreign market opportunities. The Kenyan horticultural industry was developed partly because of the Asians who had left
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Horizontal Analysis Horizontal analysis is a type of trend analysis that compares both percent and amount changes from one year to another. This type of analysis is performed on both the income statement and the balance sheet to allow detection of trends and to identify performance issues. The analysis itself can be very useful‚ especially if more than two years are included. However‚ caution must be taken not to draw conclusion on this analysis itself‚ as it can mislead without any context. It
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………….2 2Literature Review…………………………………………………………………3 3Research methodology…………………………………………………………...4-5 4. Corporate Information……………………………………….…………………..6 5. Corporate Social Responsibilities………………………………………..………7 6.Analysis of Financial Statements (Ratio Analysis) …………………………….. iCurrent Ratio……………………………………………………………..8 iiQuick Asset Ratio………………………………………………….……..9 Leverage Ratio…………………………………………………….……….10 i)Debt to equity ……………………………………………………………..11 ii)Debt to Asset ……………………………………………………………12
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