Financial Management & Corporate Finance Case Study

Case Title:

Evaluation of Capital Investment Projects

Abstract:
The main objective of the case study is to evaluate the capital investment projects.Firms make investment decisions only after considering the returns that a particular project would generate and its profitability in the long run. As the projects involve a lot of expenditure,firmsevaluate and scrutinise them more rigorously. As the money that a firm has–whether in the form of equity or debt–is limited,it should be careful while selecting or rejecting a project.Ifa firm is not cautious while making capital expenditure decisions, not only the valuable time of the firmbut also a lot of money would be wasted in the process.The case study dealswith a similar situation faced by awhite goods company, ABCLtd.It primarily focuses on the capital investment decision taken by the company in selecting optimal machines required for its expansion.

Pedagogical Objectives:

• To introduce the cash flow tables and their interpretation
• To introduce and compare the strengths and weaknesses of traditional/nondiscounting cash flow measures such as payback period and accounting rate of return in valuing investment projects
• To stress the importance of time value of money.

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