Analysis of Costs Costs affect input choices‚ investment decisions‚ and even the decision of whether to stay in business. A. Economics analysis of costs 1. Total cost: fixed and variable (1) Total cost represents the lowest total dollar expense needed to produce each level of output q. TC rises as q rises. (2) Fixed cost represents the total dollar expense that is paid out even when no output is produced. FC is unaffected by any variation in the quantity of output. (3) Variable cost represents
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Business School Case 9-294-083‚ Rev. July 13‚ 2000. Copyright © 1994 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. 1. What are the cash payments associated with the Sleeping Beauties? Who gets how much and when‚ per $100 of bonds issued? 2. What interest rate was used to calculate the price? 3. Next day‚ market yield rises 100 bp (1%) from 7.55% to 8.55%. What’s the new price? Rates fall from 7.55% to 6.55%. What’s the new price? 4. What is the formula for the PV of a
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL FOR DELL COMPUTER 1) From the SEC website‚ the balance sheet of Dell Computer reveals a Book value of debt = $3‚394‚000‚000 and Book value of equity = $4‚625‚000‚000 The same balance shows the breakdown of the long-term debt (book values) in table 1. Table 1 Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Book Value (Face Value in million $) 3.38 06/15/2012 400 4.70 04/15/2013 599 5.63 04/15/2014 500 5.65 04/15/2018 499 5.88 06/15/2019 600 7.10 04/15/2028 396 6
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Compare the three retailers in terms of inbound transportation cost (from manufacturers to warehouse/retailer) and outbound transportation cost (from warehouse/retailer to customers). Transportation costs‚ as with most e-retailers‚ are higher at Blue Nile than at Tiffany or Zales. The outbound transportation distance and hence costs and time tend to be much higher when inventories are aggregated‚ as is the case at Blue Nile. In the case of Tiffany and Zales‚ some economies of scale can still be
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tools or methods offer by project management‚ cost planning and control is a very important tool for project management. A good cost planning is because it can help on forecasting the expenses that need to spend for the project. And cost control will minimize the wastage during execution of project. This report will emphasize the objectives‚ benefits‚ methods and other matters on construction cost planning and cost control. Cost Planning Cost planning normally will conduct in the prior
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Selected HW Module 15 Q15-1. Cost-volume-profit analysis is a technique used to examine the relationships among the total volume of some independent variable‚ total costs‚ total revenues‚ and profits during a time period. It is particularly useful in the early stages of planning when it provides a framework for discussing planning issues. Q15-4. In a contribution income statement‚ costs are classified according to behavior as variable or fixed‚ and the contribution margin (the difference between
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"Controllable costs are costs which can be influenced by the action of a specified member of an organization. For example‚ the foreman of a production department can control the utilization of power or raw materials in his department and these are‚ therefore‚ controllable costs as far as he is concerned. Uncontrollable costs are costs which cannot be influenced by the action of a specified member of an undertaking. For example‚ the foreman of a production department can control the wastage of
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ACOF 014 Introduction to Costing Semester 2 2008/ 2009 TOPIC 7: ABSORPTION AND MARGINAL COSTING Outline: 1. Learning Objectives 2. Differences between absorption and variable costing 3. Impact on profit under each costing technique 1. Learning objectives a. Explaining the differences between absorption costing and marginal costing b. Explaining the impact on stock valuation & profit under each costing system c. Explaining the impact on under each costing system d. Preparing multi-period absorption
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Practice Task: BORROWING COST OF ISSUING BANK BILLS In order to fund its short-term operations‚ the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Best Company has decided use short-term money market instruments. The CFO has asked you and your team to advise the company of the best course of action. After a lengthy discussion with the CFO‚ it was decided to issue bank-accepted bills of exchange (bank bills). In order to obtain board approval‚ the CFO has asked you and your team to create a simple spreadsheet
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Cost of Debt and Cost of Equity: Cost of Debt is the interest rate and the Cost of Equity is the expected rate of return demanded by investors in the firm’s common stock. The issue at hand is finding the correct costs of debt and equity in order to find an accurate calculation of WACC. Cohen used the 20-year yield on U.S. Treasuries as the risk free rate‚ which we found to be the correct figure given that Nike Inc. debt was valued over 25 years. Because there is no other given yield that is comparable
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