productivity of the sheet metal workers. Fully explain your alternative in terms of production theory. This scenario where adding more workers or employees results in a diminished productivity is a classic example of the principle of diminishing marginal returns to a variable input. The concept‚ as discussed by Thomas and Maurice on page 296 states that the law of diminishing marginal product is “the principle that as the number of units of the variable input increases other inputs held constant‚ a point
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Internal Rate of Return Meaning of Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting can be defined as the process of analyzing‚ evaluating‚ and deciding whether resources should be allocated to a project or not. Capital budgeting addresses the issue of strategic long-term investment decisions. Process of capital budgeting ensure optimal allocation of resources and helps management work towards the goal of shareholder wealth maximization. Why Capital Budgeting is so Important? Involve
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personal tax returns. In addition to a process map indicating the process that the staff is required to go through and time each process takes‚ discussion on how such process can be reengineered will follow. Finally‚ under the assumption that the concurrent technological support is available‚ an analysis on the cost and benefits of new information technology will be provided. EVALUATION OF PROCESS Although Ernst &Young believes that extra checks in the office to prepare personal tax returns build a
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3 Factors that Influence Rate of Return Any bondholder‚ or any investor for that matter‚ will allow three factors to influence his or her required rate of return. The three factors are the following: real (pure) rate of return‚ inflation‚ and risk premium. These three factors equal the risk free rate which is the rate of return of an investment with no risk of financial loss. This is also the rate that investors would expect from an absolutely risk-free investment over a period of time.
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Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) ARR provides a quick estimate of a project’s worth over its useful life. ARR is derived by finding profits before taxes and interest. ARR is an accounting method used for purposes of comparison. The major drawbacks of ARR are that it uses profit rather than cash flows‚ and it does not account for the time value of money. ARR is most often used internally when selecting projects. It can also be used to measure the performance of projects and subsidiaries within
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CHAPTER 5: INTRODUCTION TO RISK‚ RETURN‚ AND THE HISTORICAL RECORD PROBLEM SETS 1. The Fisher equation predicts that the nominal rate will equal the equilibrium real rate plus the expected inflation rate. Hence‚ if the inflation rate increases from 3% to 5% while there is no change in the real rate‚ then the nominal rate will increase by 2%. On the other hand‚ it is possible that an increase in the expected inflation rate would be accompanied by a change in the real rate of interest. While
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Feminist Reading of Hardy’s The Return of the Native Most of Hardy’s novels or better to say all of them are considered to be modern. In fact‚ one can notice so many features of modern novels in his fiction. By referring to Robert Schweik’s article (1994) pertaining to the idea that Hardy has influenced so many modern novelists such as D.H. Lawrence‚ one of the key critics of Hardy novels‚ chiefly in the notion of feminine and treatment of women which is one of the distinguishing features
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Level needed is [pic] b. What would be Collins’s incremental after-tax return on investment? 80‚000 – 7‚200 = 72‚800-4‚000-62‚400=6‚450-1‚920= $4‚480 which is equal to 28 percent. c. Should Collins liberalize credit if a 15 percent after-tax return on investment is required? Assume Collins also needs to increase its level of inventory to support new sales and that inventory turnover is four times. Yes‚ the actual return was higher than the requirement. d. What would be the total incremental
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Good Are Private Equity Returns? This article by Robert Conroy and Robert Harris researches the historical successfulness of investments in firms from the private sector as opposed to investments in firms traded publicly. The article begins by referencing how private equity investment has grown from what they believe is a correlation to huge management fees‚ reduced transparency and concern over job loss. More institutions are taking this path in search of higher returns and diversification.
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P8-1 a) Expected Rate of Return $ $ $ Y 55‚000 6‚800 55‚000 X Previous Market Value Cash Flow Current Market Value X 20‚000 $ 1‚500 $ 21‚000 $ Y 12.50% 12.36% X: rt = (Ct + P rt = ($1‚50 rt = 0.125 = b) Both investments are equally risky. Keel should recommend Investment X because it has a Pt - Pt-1) / (Pt-1) Y: rt = (Ct + Pt - Pt-1) / (Pt-1) 0 + $21‚000 - $20‚000) / ($20‚000) rt = ($6‚800 + $55‚000 - $55‚000) / ($55‚00 = 12.5%
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