Finance Management Answer 1. Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the process of determining the viability to long-term investments on purchase or replacement of property plant and equipment‚ new product line or other projects. Capital budgeting consists of various techniques used by managers such as: 1. Payback Period 2. Discounted Payback Period 3. Net Present Value 4. Accounting Rate of Return 5. Internal Rate of Return 6. Profitability Index
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CH 1 | 1 CORRECT | | Managerial accounting is concerned with: | | | A) | reporting financial information to stockholders. | | | B) | reporting financial information to regulators. | | | C) | providing information for use within the organization. | | | D) | the financial consequences of past activities. | | | | | | Feedback:The correct answer is C: Managerial accounting is concerned with providing information to managers for use within the organization. | | 2
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Issues in Accounting Education Vol. 15‚ No. 2 May 2000 Budgeting and Performance Evaluation at the Berkshire Toy Company Dean Crawford and Eleanor G. Henry ABSTRACT: This case1 provides an opportunity to study budgets‚ budget variances‚ and performance evaluation at several levels. As a purely mechanical problem‚ the case asks for calculations of various price‚ efficiency‚ spending‚ and volume variances from a set of budgets and actual results. The case is also an interpretive exercise. After the
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Efficiency entails in providing public services at the lowest cost without compromising quality. In performance budgeting‚ resources allocation is based on results. Efficiency will be achieved through performance management where all police tasks will be funded based on performance. Effectiveness refers to the ability of police
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basis to the advent of ABB. Nowadays‚ more and more companies start to use ABB in the budgeting process. Referring to ABB‚ companies do well in their budgeting period. This shows that ABB itself has many outstanding characters. In this article we will compare it with traditional budget method‚ so that it could give us a general survey about the characters and benefits ABB has. What is Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB) Definition of ABB Brimson says ABB is a managing process that based on the activity
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Budgeting http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/h2r2/ch_3.asp Budgeting. Retrieved on February 17‚ 2009 at A major element of financial data activity rests in the act of budgeting. Budgeting is the process of allocating finite resources to the prioritized needs of an organization. In most cases‚ for a governmental entity‚ the budget represents the legal authority to spend money. Adoption of a budget implies that a set of decisions has been made that culminates matching resources with needs. As such‚ the
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to compute the NPV of all its potential capital budgeting projects‚ even though the projects have a wide range of nondiversifiable risk. The firm then undertakes all those projects that appear to have positive NPVs. Briefly explain why such a firm would tend to become riskier over time. Let’s start with some definitions and simple examples according to authors‚ Emery‚ Finnerty and Stowe: “Time Value of Money: The value that a capital budgeting project will create—its NPV—depends on its cost
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Apex Financial Valuations By: Melvin Davis Applied Managerial Finance Phase 3 discussion board Dr. Bilal Makkawi April 24‚ 2013 Abstract After meeting with the CEO and the VP of the company I have been assigned the task to explain and define certain material for the company as the Vice President of finance. In order for everyone to have knowledge of what is about to take place in the upcoming weeks I will be defining and explaining some very vital information on Net Present Value (NPV)
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Exam 1 Practice Questions 1. Managerial finance: A) involves tasks such as budgeting‚ financial forecasting‚ cash management‚ and funds procurement. B) involves the design and delivery of advice and financial products. C) recognizes funds on an accrual basis. D) devotes the majority of its attention to the collection and presentation of financial data. 2. Johnson‚ Inc. has just ended the calendar year making a sale in the amount of $10‚000 of merchandise purchased during the year at a total
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Business Finance Q: Please compare the advantages and disadvantages of the following investment rules: Net Present Value (NPV)‚ Payback Period‚ Discounted Payback Period‚ Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Profitability Index (PI). (You can start by considering the following questions for each investment rule: Does it use cash flows or accounting earnings? Does it consider all cash flows or not? Does it apply a proper discount rate? Whether the acceptance criteria are clear and reasonable? In what
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