) Evaluate the following capital budgeting project by a profitable food products firm. The company is considering investment in specialized equipment for a cost of $800 million including installation and modification expenses. The equipment is categorized as a five-year asset to be depreciated to a zero-salvage value. The firm can depreciate 20% of the investment in year one and 32% in year two when the equipment will be sold, net of expenses, to another organization for $400 million. The investment is projected to generate $170 million in pre-tax, net operating income in year one and $200 million in year two. The firm pays income taxes and capital gains taxes at the 20% marginal rate. The firm is profitable and would offset taxes (or recapture prior taxes paid) in any year the project is unprofitable. The firm’s weighted, average after-tax cost of capital is 5.00%. First, develop the annual after-tax, pre-leverage operating and non-operating cash flow for the investment for year zero, year one and year two. Clearly label all cash flows. Second, derive both the NPV and the IRR for the project and indicate whether and why the project is acceptable or unacceptable for each model.

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.

The role of the credit department includes: a. evaluating customers' credit applications to determine whether they meet the company's approval standards. b. approving all credit applications in order to avoid losing sales. c. collecting cash from customers. d. following unwritten approval standards for processing customers' credit applications.