A manufacturing company is considering acquiring a new injection-molding machine at a cost of $120,000. Because of the rapid change in product mix, the need for this particular machine is expected to last only eight years, after which time the machine is expected to have a salvage value of $10,000. The annual operating cost is estimated to be $11,000. The addition of the machine to the current production facility is expected to generate annual revenue of $48,000. The firm has only $70,000 available from its equity funds, so it must borrow the additional $50,000 required at an interest rate of 10% per year with repayment of principal and interest in eight equally annual amounts. The applicable marginal income tax rate for the firm is 40%. Use a cost of capital of 4.2% for this project. Use MACRS for deprecation. Determine the NPW and AEW for this project. Use the template provided as a starting point for your income/cash flow statement.

Beta coefficients and the capital asset pricing model personal finance problem katherine wilson is wondering how much risk she must undertake to generate an acceptable return on her porfolio. the risk-free return currently is 4%. the return on the overall stock market is 14%. use the capm to calculate how high the beta coefficient of katherine's portfolio would have to be to achieve a portfolio return of 16%.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Tl & co. is following a related-linked diversification strategy, and soar inc. is following a related-constrained diversification strategy. how do the two firms differ from each other? a. soar inc. generates 70 percent of its revenues from its primary business, while tl & co. generates only 10 percent of its revenues from its primary business. b. soar inc. pursues a backward diversification strategy, while tl & co. pursues a forward diversification strategy. c. tl & co. will share fewer common competencies and resources between its various businesses when compared to soar inc. d. tl & co. pursues a differentiation strategy, and soar inc. pursues a cost-leadership strategy, to gain a competitive advantage.