Capital budgeting refers to the total process of generating‚ evaluating‚ selecting and following up on capital expenditure alternatives. The firm allocates or budgets financial resources to new investment proposals. Basically‚ the firm may be confronted with three types of capital budgeting decisions i) the accept/reject decision‚ ii) the mutually exclusively choice decision and iii) the capital rationing decision. i) Asset – reject decision: This is a fundamental decision in capital budgeting
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Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria Brigham and Daves Ch. 12 Christopher B. Alt CFA PhD What Is Capital Budgeting? Analysis of potential additions to fixed assets Long-term decisions typically involving large $ expenditures Making the ‘right’ capital budgeting decisions is enormously important to a firm’s future Should we build this plant? All rights reserved - Christopher B. Alt 2 Key Steps in Capital Budgeting Estimate CFs (inflows & outflows) Assess riskiness of CFs Determine
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Multinational Capital Budgeting International Financial Management Dr. A. DeMaskey Learning Objectives How does domestic capital budgeting differ from multinational capital budgeting? How do incremental cash flows differ from total project cash flows? What is the difference between foreign project cash flows and parent cash flows? How does APV analysis differ from NPV analysis? How is the capital budgeting analysis adjusted for the additional economic and political risks
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Management Accounting: Capital Budgeting and Qualitative Measures. “One of the key areas of long-term decision-making that firms must tackle is that of investment - the need to commit funds by purchasing land‚ buildings‚ machinery and so on‚ in anticipation of being able to earn an income greater than the funds committed”. (Investment Appraisal sheet). A Capital Budgeting Process essentially defined as‚ “the process by which the financial manager decides whether to invest in specific capital projects or assets”
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Capital Budgeting Case Theresa Cruz‚ Jesika Watson‚ Sophina Lane QRB/501 March 30‚ 2015 Melinda Gregg Capital Budgeting Case Analyzing the Results In the two capital budgeting cases corporations (A and B) have different revenues values and expenses as well as variable depreciation expenses‚ tax rates and discount rates. The members of our team had to compute both corporate cases NVP‚ IRR‚ PI‚ Payback Period‚ DPP‚ and project a 5-year income statement and cash flow in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
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29 Capital Budgeting Meaning The term Capital Budgeting refers to the long-term planning for proposed capital outlays or expenditure for the purpose of maximizing return on investments. The capital expenditure may be : (1) Cost of mechanization‚ automation and replacement. (2) Cost of acquisition of fixed assets. e.g.‚ land‚ building and machinery etc. (3) Investment on research and development. (4) Cost of development and expansion of existing and new projects. DEFINITION OF CAPITAL BUDGETING
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Prepared for The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Vol. 15‚ No. 1‚ 2002 How do CFOs make capital budgeting and capital structure decisions?1 John R. Graham Associate Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA Campbell R. Harvey Professor of Finance‚ Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708 USA National Bureau of Economic Research‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02912 USA March 8‚ 2002 1A longer and more detailed version of this paper is published
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Estimate the required net working capital for each year and the cash flow due to investments in net working capital. The firm needs to increase its net working capital by 12% of incremental sales revenues. This amount is needed in the year before the sales revenue is earned. The amount for year 0 is 12% x $250‚000 = $30‚000.00‚ and that for year 1‚ 2‚ and 3 are $30‚900.00‚ $31‚827.00‚ and $32‚781.81 respectively. The cash flow due to the changes in the working capital is shown in Table 2. Year 0 1 2
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INTRODUCTION TO CAPITAL BUDGETING Overview 159 7.1 The NPV Rule for Judging Investments and Projects 159 7.2 The IRR Rule for Judging Investments 161 7.3 NPV or IRR‚ Which to Use? 162 7.4 The “Yes–No” Criterion: When Do IRR and NPV Give the Same Answer? 163 7.5 Do NPV and IRR Produce the Same Project Rankings? 164 7.6 Capital Budgeting Principle: Ignore Sunk Costs and Consider Only Marginal Cash Flows 168 7.7 Capital Budgeting Principle: Don’t Forget the Effects of Taxes—Sally and Dave’s
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Notes: FIN 303 Spring 09‚ Part 8 – Topics in Capital Budgeting Professor James P. Dow‚ Jr. Part 8. Topics in Capital Budgeting In part 7 we learned the basics of capital budgeting. However‚ we ignored some of the complications that can arise when evaluating projects. In this section we look at a few of those issues. How Uncertainty Affects the Capital Budgeting Decision Every project has uncertainty and so we need to determine how risk affects how we make decisions. Large corporations often use
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