( Answers to Mini-Case Questions BioCom Inc. This mini-case provides a review of the methodology and rationale associated with the various capital budgeting evaluation methods such as payback period‚ discounted payback period‚ NPV‚ IRR‚ MIRR‚ and PI. 1. Compute the payback period for each project. |Time of Cash Flow |Nano Test Tubes |Microsurgery Kit | |Investment |−$11‚000.00 |−$11‚000.00
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a. Should Caledonia focus on cash flows or accounting profits in making its capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows‚ incremental profits‚ total free cash flows‚ or total profits? Caledonia should focus on cash flows‚ not accounting profits. Free cash flows are able to be reinvested‚ whereas accounting profits are shown when they are earned‚ not when the cash is actually received. The company should be interested in incremental after-tax cash flows
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"Why do I keep this around?" Martin Drysdale wondered. "It infuriates me every time I see all that satisfaction over something that is now the bane of my existence." He looked gloomily at the offending photo which showed the project team happily "clinking" pop cans and coffee cups in a toast: "Here’s to TUFS!" The Technical Underwriting Financial System (TUFS) was the largest single investment in IT ever made by Northern Insurance‚ and it was going to transform Northern by streamlining the underwriting
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Trident University International Willie Bates Module 2 Case ITM524: Foundations of Information Technology Management Dr. Mina Richards Introduction We live in an environment which changes often. In the business world‚ what is in demand today for an organization may not be a requirement for tomorrow. Smart managers know that organizations that succeed do so because they adjust to keep up with the changes that are taking place (Harmon‚ 2007). Change in business comes in many forms and
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The Clutters are just like any other family. There is the father‚ Mr. Herb Clutter‚ the mother‚ Mrs. Bonnie Clutter‚ a daughter‚ Nancy Clutter‚ and a son‚ Kenyon Clutter. The Clutter’s live in Holcomb‚ Kansas. They wake up on November 14‚ 1959 not knowing it will be their last day. In the morning Nancy answers the phone‚ it’s a girl‚ Jolene Katz‚ who wants to learn how to make a cherry pie. Nancy is the best cherry pie maker in Holcomb. Nancy agrees to teach Jolene. Once Nancy is done teaching Jolene
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FAR 600 CHAPTER 8 Principle in Accounting‚ and Recognition... DEFENCE OF HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING i. Historical cost is relevant in making economic decisions. * Ijiri present 3 reasons historical cost is relevant for making decision * It effect the evaluation n selection of decision rules. It used the past info to measures the quality of their past decisions. * Provides input for satisficing notion where some managers make decisions that will support expected or satisfactory
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foreign-exchange market? The role of banks in the foreign-exchange market is varied. They play a major role in both the wholesale and retail markets. In the wholesale market‚ international banks are responsible for some 83% of all foreign-exchange transactions as they trade for their own accounts and for customers. At the retail level‚ international banks provide assistance to commercial customers‚ speculators‚ and arbitrageurs that require foreign currency in the spot or forward markets. 5. Explain
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1. Name and describe the types of consumer products and give an example of each. How does the marketing differ for each product type? (AACSB: Communication; Reflective Thinking) There have 5 types: Convenience products: A consumer product that customers usually buy frequently‚ immediately‚ and with minimal comparision and buying effort. Ex: Cazines and candy‚ magazines and fast good. Shopping products: A consumer product that the customer‚ in the process of selecting and purchasing‚ usually compares
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Chapter 8 1. A necessary element of internal control is a. database b. systems design c. systems analysis d. information and communication ANS: D 2. An example of a preventive control is a. the use of a bank account b. separation of the Purchasing Department and Accounting Department personnel c. bonding employees who handle cash d. accepting payment in currency only ANS: B 3. Under the voucher system‚ every transaction is recorded at the time of
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land where a building should be constructed by the former. The contract provided‚ among others: the deposit to the account of the lessor-petitioner the amount of 150k representing 30K goodwill money and 120K advanced rental and a stipulation that in case the parties will not agree as to the terms and conditions of the final contract of lease‚ the pre-lease contract shall be declared null and void and the petitioner shall return the deposit plus legal interest. Before final occupancy‚ the petitioner
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