Answer:
b. Accept Project A and reject Project B.
Explanation:
To verify project viability at a required return rate of 16%, simply calculate the project's net present value at a rate of 16%. If the NPV is positive, then the project should be accepted, otherwise it should be rejected.
Project A:
Project A should be accepted.
Project B:
Project B should be rejected.
Answer:
Big Five model
Explanation:
The Big Five model also known as the Five Factor Model (FFM) or Ocean or Canoe model is a way of grouping human behavior/traits. This behavior or traits are subject to relationship between words.
The Ocean or Canoe (OCEAN/CANOE) abbreviation is a combination of the first letters of the words of the the five(big five) traits.
Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, emotional stability(Neuroticism). It can also be rearranged to form CANOE as well.
This five traits are also affected by the upbringing or family cultures as well. Anyone described with any of the above word is most likely to have attributes that exemplify the meaning of the words.
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Answer:
Annual equivalent cost of the investment = $30,603.43 per annum
Explanation:
<em>Equivalent Annual cost is the Present Value of the total cost over the investment period divided by the appropriate annuity factor.</em>
<em>Step 1 </em>
<em>PV of cash flows</em>
PV of first cost = 150,000
<em>PV of annual maintenance cost of $17,500</em>
= 17,500× (1-(1+0.08)^(-30))/0.08
= 197,011.21
<em>PV of salvage value</em>
$25,000 × (1+0.08)^(-30)
= 2,484.43
<em>PV of net total cost </em>
= 197,011.21 +150,000 - 2,484.43
= 344,526.78
Step 2
<em>Determine the annuity factor for 30 years at 8%</em>
(1-(1+0.08)^(-30))/0.08
=11.2577
Step 3
<em>Equivalent annual cost</em>
= 344,526.78 / 11.2577
<em> =$30,603.43</em>
Annual equivalent cost of the investment = $30,603.43 per annum
Answer:
yield to maturity = 7.06%
Explanation:
yield to maturity (YTM) is calculated using the following formula:
YTM = {C + [(FV - PV) / n]} / [(FV + PV) / 2]
- FV = $2,000
- PV = $1,902.14
- C = $2,000 x 6.48% x 1/2 = $64.80
- n = 12 x 2 = 24
YTM = {64.80 + [(2,000 - 1,902.14) / 24]} / [(2,000 + 1,902.14) / 2] = (64.80 + 4.0775) / 1,951.07 = 0.0353 or 3.53% semianually or 7.06% annually
Since the bond sells at a discount, its yield to maturity will be higher than the coupon rate.
Answer:
1) This question is about whether diversification is good or bad for a large corporation. Whether diversification can be considered good or bad depends on the corporation itself, there is no one answer fits all. In this case, Sony is divided into 12 segments or divisions and each of them generates their own cash flows and offers their own products or services.
High tech companies generally tend to diversify a lot because they need to continuously produce innovative products or improve their existing ones. E.g. Google got so large and diversified that it turned into Alphabet which owns more than 200 companies (most of them through acquisitions). Sony's largest revenue sources are gaming services, financial services and home entertainment.
When we think about Sony we probably think about consumer electronics, the Playstation or even movies, but in order to be profitable, Sony had to expand and diversify. Sony's revenues are shifting from consumer electronics to services (including financial, gaming, network, music and movies), so that means that their diversification model actually worked.
2) Sony's goal with Future Lab is to create customer value and new lifestyles, whether they are able to do so depends on how well they work it out. Future Labs is based on San Francisco, and it should serve as a place where innovative prototypes should be tested by real users. The goal is that Sony can learn from actual real life user experiences in order to improve their products and services. The real life customers and users that want to participate in Sony's program must pay a fee for doing so, but they can also experience prototypes before anyone else.
