Cases for Management Decision Making CA-1  suggested uses of cases Case CASE 1 Greetings Inc.: Job Order Costing CASE 2 Greetings Inc.: Activity-Based Costing CASE 3 Greetings Inc.: Transfer Pricing Issues CASE 4 Greetings Inc.: Capital Budgeting CASE 5 Auburn Circular Club Pro Rodeo Roundup CASE 6 Sweats Galore CASE 7 Armstrong Helmet Company Overview This case is the first in a series of four cases that presents a business situation in which a traditional retailer decides
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I- Introduction State and local governments play an important role in the U.S’s economy. According to the Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting‚ “State and local government is truly big business. The 50 states and 87‚000 local governments within the United States employ more than 17 million persons – almost six times the federal government civilian employment – and spend more than $1.8 trillion annually” (Freeman‚ Shoulders‚ Allision‚ Patton and Smith‚ p.32). The Escambia County‚ located in the northwestern
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expert in the market segment of mature but successful family companies. They are aware of the firm’s operating activities‚ from manufacturing to distribution‚ to services with customers. Their expertise helps Fojtasek maintain a stable revenue and profit. The most significant concern is that the offer from Heritage Partners helps Fojtasek to avoid the fear of losing control to the firm and a huge interest expense payment from long term debt that is implied by traditional buy-out and leveraged recapitalizations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................2 2. Decision making in business.......................................................................................2 3. Characteristics of deontology .....................................................................................3 4. Arguments in favour of applying deontology in business......................................
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Score for selected take: 40% (4/10) Time spent on selected take: 1. Your answer: Multiple Choice 15-1 Cash inflows from operating activities come from a. payment for raw materials. b. gains on the sale of operating equipment. c. collection of sales revenues. d. issuing capital stock. e. issuing bonds. 2. Your answer: Multiple Choice 15-2 Cash outflows from operating activities come from a. collection of sales revenues. b. payment for operating costs
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VALUATION AND CAPITAL BUDGETING FOR THE LEVERED FIRM Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. APV is equal to the NPV of the project (i.e. the value of the project for an unlevered firm) plus the NPV of financing side effects. 2. The WACC is based on a target debt level while the APV is based on the amount of debt. 3. FTE uses levered cash flow and other methods use unlevered cash flow. 4. The WACC method does not explicitly include the interest cash flows‚ but it does
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RELEVANT INFORMATION & DECISION MAKING 1. Which of the following best defines the concept of a relevant cost? A. A past cost that is the same among alternatives. B. A past cost that differs among alternatives. C. A future cost that is the same among alternatives. D. A future cost that differs among alternatives. E. A cost that is based on past experience. 2. Susan is contemplating a job offer with an advertising agency where she will make $54‚000 in her first year of employment. Alternatively
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590) Net cash flow $6‚020 $5‚175 $10‚710 Discount factor (6%) .943 .890 Present value $6‚020 $4‚880 $9‚532 NPV $20‚432 11. a. Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Before-tax cash flow $(500‚000) $52‚500 $47‚500 $35‚500 $530‚500 Tax cost (7‚875) (7‚125) (5‚325) (4‚575) After-tax cash flow 44‚625 40‚375 30‚175 525‚925 Discount factor (7%) .935 .873 .816 .763 Present value $(500‚000) $41‚724 $35‚247 $24‚623 $401‚281 NPV $2‚875 Investor W should make the investment
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Cash vs. Accrual Accounting It’s important for you to understand the basics of the two principal methods of keeping track of a business’s income and expenses: cash method and accrual method (sometimes called cash basis and accrual basis). In a nutshell‚ these methods differ only in the timing of when sales and purchases are credited or debited to your accounts. If you use the cash method‚ income is counted when cash (or a check) is actually received‚ and expenses are counted when actually paid
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the cash flow problem at cyclone? What actions can be taken to improve the situation? Comment on Rangi’s management of the factory. The real causes for the cash flow problem at cyclone are: • No perfect planning to distribute goods /provisions • Failure to establish human resource strategies. • Misusage of wealth during the cyclone • Negligence & irresponsibility of top level management. • Unsatisfactory workplace. Remedies to be done for improvement of the situation are: - • There should be accurate
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