Determining the Cost of Capital Can One Size Fit All? 1. Why do you think Larry Stone wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate? Is it justifiable to use the firm’s weighted average cost of capital as the divisional cost of capital? Please explain. Larry wants to estimate the firm’s hurdle rate because it would provide him with a standard with which to measure feasibility of future investment proposal. The firm had thus far been using a ‘gut feel’ approach and although most of
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Services divisions. The hurdle rate is the cost of capital based on an estimate of the corporation’s WACC. 2. Please estimate the segment WACCs for Teletech (see the worksheet in case Exhibit 1). As you do this‚ carefully note the points of judgment in the calculation. Corporate Telecommunications Products & Systems MV asset weights 100% 75% 25% Bond rating A-/BBB+ A BB Pretax cost of debt 5.88% 5.74% 7.47% Tax rate 40% 40% 40% After-tax cost of debt 3.53% 3.44% 4.48% Equity beta
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Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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DOWNLOAD PROJ 592 Project Cost and Schedule Control Week‚ TCOs‚ and Topics Readings Assignments Week 1 TCOs A & B Project Definition‚ WBS‚ and Cost Project Management for Business‚ Engineering and Technology Chapter 5: Planning Fundamentals (pp.157-195) Earned Value Project Management Chapter 6: Scope the Project (pp.47-61) You Decide Graded Discussion Topics Week 2 TCOs B & C Financial Plan Project Management for Business‚ Engineering and Technology Chapter 8: Cost Estimating
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Super Regions of the Philippines The "super" regions of the Philippines are an informal grouping of parts of regions and provinces of the Philippines based on their economic strengths. The creation of "super" regions was first proposed by the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her sixth State of the Nation Address to group the selected regions/provinces by their economic strengths. Composition North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle Ilocos Region or Region 1 (I) Cordillera Administrative
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around the world tune in to watch one of the most exhilarating events in sports unfold--the Super Bowl. The one-game‚ winner-take-all contest for supremacy in the National Football League has grown into more than just a football game opposing the best teams of the NFL. It has become the premier event for new television advertising. With half of the ten‚ all-time most watched television events having been Super Bowls; networks are able to sell precious seconds of airtime to large companies for millions
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Capital Budgeting: Net Present Value vs Internal Rate of Return (Relevant to AAT Examination Paper 4 – Business Economics and Financial Mathematics) Y O Lam Capital budgeting assists decision makers in a company evaluate multiple investments of the company’s capital. Capital budgeting is used to plan for the acquisitions of other companies‚ for the development of new product lines of business‚ for the expansion of the existing production plants or for the replacement worn-out equipment‚ and
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Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison Introduction When a business decision is made to make an investment‚ the need for metrics arises to decide the profitability of the investment. These metrics can be measured before an investment is made to gain an insight into expected returns or they can be measured at regular intervals‚ (quarterly or yearly) to analyse the profitability of the investment. There are quite a few metrics that are used to calculate profitability
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Accounting paper Capital Budgeting‚ Budgeting and Working Capital Strategies Due: December 1‚ 2008 California International Business University‚ San Diego Accounting‚ CIBU 631 Lee White (MBA) Table of content 1 Introduction 3 2 Background and meaning 4 2.1 Budget 4 3 Capital budgeting 5 3.1 Capital budgeting techniques 7 3.1.1 Net Present Value 7 3.1.2 Payback Period 9 3.1.3 Modified Rate of Return 10 4 Budgeting Process 11 4.1 Analytical Tool
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Chapter 6 Capital investment:regardless of whether they involve a tangible or intangiable asset. The incestment creates wealth if the discounted value of the future cash flow exceeds the up front cost. The problem is what to discount- stick to these rules: 1. Only cash flow is relevant. Net present value depends on future cash flows it’s the difference between cash received and cash paid out. Cash should be recorded only when they occur and not when work is undertaken or a liability is incurred
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