some rounding errors. Good luck! ____ 1. You have just calculated the present value of the expected cash flows of a potential investment. Management thinks your figures are too low. Which of the following actions would improve the present value of your cash flows? a. extend the cash flows over a longer period of time b. increase the discount rate c. decrease the discount rate d. extend the cash flows over a longer period of time‚ and decrease the discount rate 2. The effective rate of interest will
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per share‚ (2) its payback period‚ (3) net present value of free cash flow and (4) internal rate of return. The firm uses such a complicated scheme to evaluate capital-expenditure proposals because: (1) Impact on earnings per share evaluates how the project is going to affect shareholders’ wealth of the company. (2) Payback period evaluates how long the project is going to take to reach break-even point. (3) NPV of free cash flow evaluates the dollar contribution of the project to shareholders
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Acquisition of Consolidated Rail – Case Study 1. Background Info - Conrail 1.1. Formed from the remains of the six bankrupt North-eastern railroads in 1973 1.2. Earned its first profit in 1981- $39.2m on revenues of $4.2bn. Privatised through an IPO in 1987 1.3. Major player in North-eastern cities and their connection with major Mid-western hubs 1.4. In 1995‚ had 23‚510 employees‚ operated 10‚701 miles of track and controlled 29.4% of the eastern rail freight market 1.5. Financial indicators-
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of the company and to critique its liberal credit and inventory policies. The objectives of the case are to: • Introduce and exercise tools and concepts of financial-statement analysis (including financial ratios‚ break-even analysis‚ and cash-flow statements). • Explore possible definitions of the “financial health” of a company. • Illustrate the linkage between operating policies and financial performance. • Consider the interdependence among corporate objectives regarding
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Question 1 2 out of 2 points 1. _____The entrepreneur is owner‚ but not the employee. Answer Selected Answer: False Question 2 2 out of 2 points ______United States economy is a free enterprise system because all are free to start a business. Answer Selected Answer: True Question 3 2 out of 2 points _____The operation of a small business is the same at that of a large business Answer Selected Answer: False
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that the best way to value cable stocks is through creative methods such as real options and not through more traditional or typical valuation methods such as EBITDA multiples‚ ROIC analysis and DCF analysis. In 1999 she presented at the Credit Suisse First Boston Broadband conference‚ where she wanted to portray the message that real options is a superior valuation technique for cable stocks. She also wanted to have the opportunity to demonstrate her knowledge of the drivers of value in the cable
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Break-Even Point Author(s): Satya Prakash Singh and Jayant V. Deshpande Source: Economic and Political Weekly‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 48 (Nov. 27‚ 1982)‚ pp. M123+M125+M127M128 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4371597 . Accessed: 01/04/2014 04:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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Finance Policy Recommendation and Pro Forma Budget: Boeing Henry Aguirre‚ Patrick Buckley‚ Sheri White-Manning‚ Ted Ortiz‚ and Becky Wilson FIN 571 June 5‚ 2013 Dr. Tom NeSmith Boeing Working Capital Policy Analysis Boeing is an aerospace cooperation that has been around since 1916. William E. Boeing‚ and a former U.S. Navy officer named Conrad Westervelt discovered the cooperation. They started out with a two seated single-engine seaplane called B&W. About a year later‚ the company
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acquire Mercury Athletic Footwear‚ the results of the financial analysis below indicate Active Gear should proceed with the acquisition. Based on the Free Cash Flow Method‚ considering the financial projections and assumptions for Mercury Athletic‚ indicate the acquisition has a positive net present value of $112‚778‚000 [Present Value of Future Cash Flows (59‚440‚000) + Terminal Value ($276‚921‚000) – Purchase Price ($223‚583‚000)]. There are also possible synergies that could make the project even more
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What is Coaching? Overview We define coaching as: The process of helping people enhance or improve their performance through reflection on how they apply a specific skill and/or knowledge. Coaching is about developing individuals beyond where they currently are. Before we say more about what coaching is‚ perhaps we should say something about development in general terms. Development is fundamental to the survival of both the individual and the organization; it is to the business world the
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