School of Management Blekinge Institute of Technology THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAYBACK METHOD IN CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISION. By Alaba Femi‚ AWOMEWE & Oludele Olawale‚ OGUNDELE Supervisor: Anders Hederstierna Thesis for the Master’s degree in Business Administration Fall/Spring 2008 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAYBACK METHOD IN CAPITAL BUDGETING DECISION. By Alaba Femi‚ AWOMEWE & Oludele Olawale‚ OGUNDELE A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
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budget accompanies may choose to adopt either top down budgeting approach or bottom up budgeting approach. In the finance ministry bottom down budgeting was a traditional way used in budget formulation. Top down budgeting came in the 1990s as a motivation to curb the fiscal deficits in which it lead to fiscal crisis in other countries. Top down budgeting was found that it helps and manages well the fiscal deficit efficiently unlike bottom up budgeting approach. Countries like Denmark‚ Korea Sweden‚ Australia
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The implementation of projects in Namport can only exist or come into existence once a need for a specific goal‚ objective or end product has been identified‚ analyzed‚ evaluated and approved by the Board of Directors‚ Executive Committee‚ management committee or departmental manager depending on the magnitude of the project. And the project approved should serve the business of Namport as a whole and not just individual persons. But before a project can be approved the department that saw the
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My philosophy of healthcare management budgeting would be to use budgeting as a planning and controlling tool (Liebler & McConnell‚ 2012). Since a budget is‚ “a single use plan that covers a specific period of time” (Liebler & McConnell‚ 2012); it would be beneficial to use the budget for future or continuing plans as well as a way to control future expenses. For instance‚ if an organization were making a plan they would need to look at previous expenditures to determine how much is available to
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Nguyen Thanh Tuan – MBA06043 Dr. Ann Ericson Financial Management 18 January 2013 An arguable capital budgeting decision in Intel’s Financial Plan 2013 Thursday 17 January 2013‚ Thomson Reuters‚ the world’s largest international multimedia news agency‚ has highlighted some concerns about Intel’s Financial Plan 2013. Noel Randewich‚ the report’s writer‚ thought Intel Corporation ’s current-quarter revenue forecast disappointed Wall Street analysts. The reason behind is Intel will spend more
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Management of Working Capital James Ward Instructor: Leon Daniel BUS 650 Managerial Finance November 17‚ 2014 Management of Working Capital A financial metric that ensures operating liquidity of a firm‚ business organization or any other entity including governmental entities is known as working capital. Working capital is the difference between the current assets and liabilities of an organization determining the amount of debt acquired to finance its assets. George had also borrowed
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Capital Budgeting Methods and Cash Flow Estimation Tasty Foods Corporation (Part A) November 5‚ 2012 Executive Summary: Tasty Foods has seen phenomenal growth throughout its lifetime in large part due to a continuous development of innovative new products. Although prosperous for Tasty Foods from its birth‚ this is a business initiative that in the past years‚ Tasty Foods has not maintained. Consumers are shifting towards a more health conscious lifestyle and until now Tasty Foods has not presented
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Week 9 Assignment 2 Submission Assignment 2: Capital Budgeting Futronics‚ Inc. $2 billion company‚ reducing costs and corporate overhead to use outside vendor resources. Initial investment costs $1 billion. There is 0 salvage value and cost of capital at 8%. Yield cash flows $450‚000 year 1 $350‚000 year 2 $300‚000 year 3 $250‚000 year 4 Internal rate of return Average net return = (450‚000 + 350‚000 + 300‚000 + 250‚000)/4= 1‚350‚000/4 = 337‚500 Average investment = (Investment at beginning
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Capital One Case Study Read the Capital One Case materials. 1. What is Capital One’s business and who are their competitors? Capital One’s business deals with a bank financial servicing company. They specialize specifically in banking‚ credit cards‚ home loans‚ auto loans and savings products. Capital One was founded by Richard Fairbank and Nigel Morris in 1988. Fairbank highly focused on the marketing and customization of credit card use and information. The company is very analytical
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of Capital Budgeting 1. A firm should never accept a project if its acceptance would lead to an increase in the firm’s cost of capital (its WACC). a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Because “present value” refers to the value of cash flows that occur at different points in time‚ a series of present values of cash flows should not be summed to determine the value of a capital budgeting project. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 3. Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm’s cost of capital are
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