Suppose you were trying to value Box prior to its IPO using the free cash flow model. You estimate that Box has $34,000,000 of debt, no preferred stock, no short-term investments, and will not produce positve free cash flows until 5 years from now. You further estimate that Box has a weighted average cost of capital of 15% and will settle down to a constant growth rate of 5%. What is the MINIMUM FCF that Box would need to generate in year 5 to be valued at a $1 billion dollar market cap at its IPO today. For simplicity, assume that FCF in periods 1 through 4 are zero.

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.

Later movers do not face: entrenched competitors. reduced uncertainty over technologies. high growth markets. lower market uncertainty.

Adding a complementary product to what is currently being produced is a demand management strategy used when: a. capacity exceeds demand for a product that has stable demand. b. price increases have failed to bring about demand management. c. demand exceeds capacity. d. demand exceeds 100 percent. e. the existing product has seasonal or cyclical demand.