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Objectives
After completing this chapter you should be able to:
Describe why capital budgeting and appropriate financing is important to the firm Discuss the merits of wealth maximization as contrasted to other firm goals Identify the different parties that benefit from optimal capital budgeting and financing decisions
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Objectives
After completing this chapter you should be able to:
Explain current business events in relation to the parties that benefit and the parties that may have lost in a particular event Recognize and discuss the sources of competitive advantage List & describe the importance of the steps in the capital budgeting process Describe the variables important in planning the long-term financing of the firm
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Why are capital budgeting decisions important to the firm, society, and to you personally in your career or private life? Three things that make capital budgeting decisions important: 1. Capital projects involve large amounts of money 2. Capital projects are typically hard (or costly) to reverse 3. Failed capital projects can break a firm
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4. Capital projects and related financing are the source of all wealth to the firm and its stockholders
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investors who furnished the money? 3. Is the investment at an acceptable level of risk?
Stakeholder:
Wealth Maximization
What is economic profit and how is it determined? How is wealth created? What is wealth maximization? What is Net Present Value and how is it determined? How is/should risk be incorporated into economic decisions?
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Determination of economic profit: Revenues - Expenses = Accounting Profit Required Return (Computed as RRR * Investment) Economic Profit (this is wealth created for a single period)
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Economic Profit
Wealth includes risk while profit does not Wealth is three dimensional (revenues, cost and risk) Profit is two dimensional ( revenues and cost)
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Steps involved in the capital investment process: Establish Goals Develop Strategy Search for Investment Opportunities Evaluate Investment Opportunities Select Investments Implement and Monitor Post-Audit
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Capital Investments
The term Investment, as it applies to Capital Budgeting, refers to commitments of resources that are made with the expectation of realizing financial benefits over an extended period of time in the future Capital Investments can be physical, financial, or intangible Capital Budgeting is the process of selecting capital investments 16
Establish Goals
Wealth maximization Increase market share Improve corporate ranking Rate of return
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Develop Strategy
Sets the general direction of the firm Provides a framework within which capital investment opportunities are sought
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Identification of potentially successful capital investments can be the key to survival in many industries Requires a commitment of resources such as Research & Development
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Select Investments
Director of Capital Budgeting Capital Budgeting Committee Executive Committee Board of Directors Economic & Financial factors Strategic , employee, environmental, governmental regulation and other factors
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Significant capital projects should be monitored during the acquisition, construction, and operating phases
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Post-Audit
Should include an assessment of actual performance and profitability Actual performance and returns should be compared to projections An honest and balanced review of actual performance is essential to detecting flaws in the evaluation process used for future projects
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An attractive capital investment: Fits the strategy of the firm Within an appropriate risk level Has a positive net present value or economic profit across time
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The plan for long-term financing must address the magnitude of funds needed to enter into desirable investment opportunities the presently exist and those that are in the nearterm horizon
The amount needed, for what purpose, and the method of raising the capital are interrelated
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Financing Choices
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Considerations in Financing
Cost
How do financing costs affect project NPVs? How are financing costs affected by income taxes? How does risk affect cost?
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How successful is the system of allocating investment capital within and across companies in the United States? The conflict between short-tem results and long-term wealth creation
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Summary
A corporation has many stakeholders with conflicting desires Wealth creation for the shareholders is our goal Accounting income is not a sufficient measure of performance because it ignores risk and the cost of the invested funds Economic profit and net present value are two ways we measure wealth creation in a single period and multiple periods Capital projects create most of the wealth for the firm but not all projects are equal or should even be considered Strategy and competitive advantage should guide the capital budgeting process
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