QUESTION 1 – Budgeting Process and Budgetary Control I have been asked to advise two entirely different businesses about the benefits and problems associated with what is termed the “traditional approach to budgeting and budgetary control”. One of the businesses operates in a very stable and static market place‚ where there is little change in either products or demand year on year‚ whereas the other business operates in a very dynamic‚ rapidly changing‚ innovative environment. If my findings
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Assignment 2: Capital Investment Decisions Heather Plum Professor Jacquelyn Mosely ACC 599 – Graduate Accounting Capstone April 27‚ 2012 Strayer University Introduction Dodd-Frank act‚ named after its founder‚ the Democratic senators Chris Dodd and Barney Frank‚ designed to form a new Financial Stability Oversight Council‚ or better call it an authority on non performing banks and financial institutions‚ enforces very stringent capital‚ leverage and liquidity
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Corporate Finance Professor H. Wang Problem Set #1 1. Calculate the present value of the following cash flows discounted at 10 percent: a. $1‚000 received seven years from today. b. $2‚000 received one year from today. c. $500 received eight years from today. 2. A firm has an estimated pension liability of $1.5 million due 27 years from today. If the firm can invest in a risk free security that has a stated annual interest payment of 8 percent‚ how much must the firm invest today to
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My task is to find a car that is within my budget of $10000. I’m a 19 year old that works at Kotara full time earning $17.50/hr working 40 hours a week with a net income of $32‚ 841. I need to buy a car within my price range to make sure I can get to work on time. Kotara is approximately 20km away from home so driving to and from work will approximately be 40km a day. Working 5 days a week in total I will be travelling 200km. I choose a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Sport LA that costs $9‚990 because it
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Case study 1 Better Fitness‚ Inc. (BFI)‚ manufactures exercise equipment at its plant in Freeport‚ Long Island. It recently designed two universal weight machines for the home exercise market. Both machines use BFI-patented technology that provides the user with an extremely wide range of motion capability for each type of exercise performed. Until now‚ such capabilities have been available only on expensive weight machines used primarily by physical therapists. At a recent trade show‚ demonstrations
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River County Capital Project Budget Proposal Funding of capital projects in the current year is guided by the projects potential impact on the well being of the community at large. Capital projects are intended to create the greatest good for number of River County citizens. Therefore‚ with this in mind projects are guided by the council priorities listed below. Many of the projects may relate to multiple priorities for instance‚ a project that creates good health and environment may also spur
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Hart Venture Capital Case Problem 3 After performing an analysis of HVC’s investment problem‚ I found that the company’s objective was to maximize the net present value of the total investment in Security Systems and Market Analysis. To find the maximum net present value and analyze the numbers‚ I set up the model shown below. Max 1‚800‚000*SS + 1‚600‚000*MA s.t. 600‚000*SS + 500‚000*MA ≤ 800‚000 600‚000*SS + 350‚000*MA ≤ 700‚000 250‚000*SS + 400‚000*MA ≤ 500‚000 SS‚MA ≥ 0 After
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Teletech has two business segments‚ Telecommunications Services and Products and Systems unit‚ for the last couple of months senior management at Teletech Corporation had been discussing returns. However‚ only until they received the letter from Victor Yossarian did they decide to spin into action and review the company’s returns‚ the hurdle rate that was being used company wise and not by business segments‚ the annual capital budget situation‚ the review of new possible policies‚ and finally they
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Need for Speed is the latest attempt at adapting a video game for feature film audiences‚ a feat that has been attempted many times before to mostly disappointing results. Beyond that‚ though‚ Need for Speed is a rare entry in the car movie genre‚ which has been dominated for the last decade by The Fast and the Furious franchise. We wouldn’t say the two are direct competitors‚ as both deploy different approaches‚ but there is no question Need for Speed is going after a similar audience. Considering
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