ABSTRACT This report describes capital budgeting techniques such as NPV (The NPV of an investment is the difference between its market value and its cost‚ IRR (The IRR is the discount rate that makes the estimated NPV of an investment equal to zero. PAYBACK (The payback period is the length of time until the sum of an investment’s cash flows equals its cost)‚ discounted payback period (The discounted payback period is the length of time until the sum of an investment’s discounted cash flows equals
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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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Question 1: 2D1-LS02 Which of the following items is not an example of a capital expenditure? A ventilation system upgrade for EPA compliance. Project bonuses paid to employees. Purchase of a new assembly machine that will cut labor and maintenance costs. Purchase of a new computer server for the research and development group. Long-term capital budget expenditures are often grouped in one of the following categories: new machines and equipment intended for expansion‚ replacement of existing
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A SURVEY OF CAPITAL BUDGETING PRACTICES IN CORPORATE INDIA Satish Verma‚ Sanjeev Gupta and Roopali Batra The present study aims to unveil the status of capital budgeting in India particularly after the advent of full-fledged globalisation and in the era of cutthroat competition‚ where companies are being exposed to various degrees of risk. For the above objective a comprehensive primary survey was conducted of 30 CFOs/CEOs of manufacturing companies in India‚ so as to find out which capital
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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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Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the planning process used to determine a firm’s expenditures on assets whose cash flows are expected to extend beyond one year such as new machinery‚ equipments‚ etc. It is also the process of identifying‚ analyzing and selecting investment projects whose cash flows are expected to extend beyond one year such as research and development project. Capital expenditures can be very large and have a significant impact on the firm’s financial
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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 a complex process and there are five broad phases. These are planning‚ analysis‚ selection‚ implementation and overview. Planning The planning phase involves investment strategy and the generation and preliminary screening of project proposals. The investment strategy provides the framework that shapes‚ guides and circumscribes the identification of individual project opportunities. Capital Budgeting Process Analysis If the preliminary screening suggests that the project
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CAPITAL BUDGETING: ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS. SEPTEMBER 2012 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background Study Capital budgeting is the process by which firms determine how to invest their capital. Included in this process are the decisions to invest in new projects‚ reassess the amount of capital already invested in existing projects‚ allocate and ration capital
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