Real Option Memo To: Dave Jacobs From: James Jones Date: November 26‚ 2012 Re: College Education Intro and type of flexibility with this option The option I’m going to discuss in this memo is whether I should continue on with my college career year after year‚ or just to abandon receiving a higher education and make my part time job a full time job. From the 7S framework‚ my real option would be the Disinvest/Shrink then the scope down option (abandon). Sources of uncertainty There
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Capital Budgeting Mini Case There are many different methods business owners use to efficiently analyze business investment. One of these effective methods is the calculation of the net present value or NPV. The second most effective method would be the calculations of the internal rate of return or IRR. There are also other useful methods as well‚ for example‚ the payback rule and the profitability index. Many business owners use the above procedures to help them in their decision making of acquiring
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Capital Budgeting Analysis Project MBA 612 The General Capital Budgeting Process and how it is implemented within Organizations The general capital budgeting process is the tool by which an organization determines its choice of investments through analyzing and evaluating its cash in and out flows. The capital budget process is vital to the organizations mere existence. Capital budgeting decisions can mean the difference between the company’s
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Activities also included Operations Definitions MOHAMED 6G Operations planning - A short-term‚ highly detailed plan formulated by management to achieve tactical objectives. Operational flexibility - The adjustment allowed to the monthly Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability during the operating year…… Couldn’t find appropriate definition Process innovation - Process innovation means the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method (including significant
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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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Capital Budgeting Capital Budgeting is done because companies need to make Acceptance/rejection decisions for buying fixed assets etc. Features of fixed assets : Investments upfront and returns take a long time. Risk is long term Expenses are indivisible and lumpy Ex. If HUL wants to put up a synthetic detergent plant of 50 cr. Rs. -> by spending 25 Cr. Rs.‚ the plant wont be operational at half the capacityS The Capex decisions are irreversible Projected P&L : Less Sales Raw Materials
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What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then The books Love and War by John and Stasi Eldridge and The Mystery of Marriage by Mike Mason were hard books to read‚ not because of the writing style itself (although the writing style of the latter was harder to read than the writing style of the former)‚ but because they really made me stop and think about my failed marriage and brought to light some hard truths about myself. In the
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also to increase its revenues. The proposed woodyard utilized new technology that allowed tree-length logs‚ called longwood‚ to be processed directly‚ whereas the current process required shortwood‚ which had to be purchased from the Shenandoah Mill. This nearby mill‚ owned by a competitor‚ had excess capacity that allowed it to produce more shortwood than it needed for its own pulp production. The excess was sold to several different mills‚ including the Blue Ridge Mill. Thus adding the new longwood
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Capital Budgeting Case Su Guan Fin316 4:00 PM 11/13/2014 Directions: Answer questions 1 – 6 and turn in a hard copy of your answers at the beginning of class on Thursday November 13th. No late submissions will be accepted. You will need to use Excel or Google sheets for most of the analysis. Please type answers to the questions in this word document and attach each spreadsheet as exhibits at the back. I am trying to replicate an exam experience as much as possible so I will not be answering individual
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Hittle Company Ltd (Case Study) You are a financial analyst for the Hittle Company. The director of capital budgeting has asked you to analyze two proposed capital investments‚ project X and Y. Each project has a cost of $10000 and the cost of capital for each project is 12 percent. The projects expected net cash flows are as follows: |Expected Cash flows | | | | | |year
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