The Society for Financial Studies Decision Processes‚ Agency Problems‚ and Information: An Economic Analysis of Capital Budgeting Procedures Author(s): Anthony M. Marino and John G. Matsusaka Source: The Review of Financial Studies‚ Vol. 18‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 2005)‚ pp. 301-325 Published by: Oxford University Press. Sponsor: The Society for Financial Studies. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3598074 . Accessed: 15/11/2013 17:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance
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CAPITAL BUDGETING PROBLEM BMW Bike is considering building a new plant. Juan Optimist‚ the company’s marketing manager‚ is an enthusiastic supporter of the new plant. Mila Pessimist‚ the company’s chief financial officer‚ is not so sure that the plant is a good idea. Currently the company purchases its skateboards from foreign manufacturers. The following figures were estimated regarding the construction of a new plant. Cost of plant 4‚000‚000 Annual cash inflows 4‚000‚000 Annual cash
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Corporate Finance: The Core (Berk/DeMarzo) Chapter 7 - Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 1) Which of the following statements is false? A) Because value is lost when a resource is used by another project‚ we should include the opportunity cost as an incremental cost of the project. B) Sunk costs are incremental with respect to the current decision regarding the project and should be included in its analysis. C) Overhead expenses are associated with activities that are not directly attributable to a single business
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Capital investment decisions are those decisions that involve current outlays in return for a stream of benefits in future years. It is true to say that all the firm ’s expenditures are made in expectation of realizing future benefits. Investment decisions are extremely important because they have a major long term effect on a firm ’s operations. For example‚ when BMW decided to build some of its cars in Greece‚ South Carolina‚ it made an investment in additional productive capacity that will affect
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importance of capital budgeting cannot be exaggerated. Some of the reasons for this importance are mentioned below: • Capital budgeting involves a greater amount of risk on account of unforeseen situations. Capital is generally invested with the expectation of future benefits which are likely to accrue over a long period of time. Therefore‚ a right decision has to be taken to ensure a favorable impact on the profitability and competitive position of the firm. • Capital budgeting decisions are
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CAPITAL BUDGETING FOR MULTINATIONALS 13.1 INTRODUCTION Although the original decision to undertake an investment in a particular foreign country may be the outcome of combination of strategic‚ behavioural and economic considerations‚ choice of a specific project within a particular product-market posture calls for evaluation of its economic feasibility. For this purpose‚ capital budgeting exercise has to be done. A firm should deploy funds in a project if the marginal revenue obtained there from
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Capital Budgeting Scenarios Shannan Coleman FIN/486 September 23‚ 2012 Sal Sadiq Capital Budgeting Scenarios Capital Budgeting: Proposal A – New Factory Proposal A is to build a new factory to decide if this would be a feasible move for the company they need to perform a net present value analysis. To do this they will only need to look at the incremental cash flows‚ which are as follows: 1. Initial investment of $10 million that will be the cost to build the new factory. 2. Sales
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CAPITAL BUDGETING ANALYSIS To achieve success over time‚ a firm’s managers must identify and invest in projects that provide positive net present values to maximize shareholder wealth. Capital Budgeting Is the process of identifying‚ evaluating‚ and implementing a firms investment opportunities. Involves long-term projects Requires large initial investment Constructing plant and equipment Time frame maybe as short as a year or as long as twenty to thirty years The profitability of a firm
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Capital budgeting is the process of evaluating a company’s potential investments and deciding which ones to accept. A company’s market value added (MVA) is the sum of all its projects’ net present values (NPVs). Basically‚ one can calculate the free cash flows (FCFs) for a project in much the same way as for a firm. When a project’s free cash flows are discounted at the appropriate risk-adjusted rate‚ the result is the project’s value. One difference between valuing a firm and a project is the
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CHAPTER 4 PART II: VALUATION AND CAPITAL BUDGETING Discounted Cash Flow Valuation The signing of big-name athletes is often accompanied by great fanfare‚ but the numbers are often misleading. For example‚ in late 2010‚ catcher Victor Martinez reached a deal with the Detroit Tigers‚ signing a contract with a reported value of $50 million. Not bad‚ especially for someone who makes a living using the “tools of ignorance” (jock jargon for a catcher’s equipment). Another example is the contract signed
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