December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
1576 pages
59h 46m
English
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Chapter 26 Planning for Capital Investments
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Discuss capital budgeting evaluation, and explain inputs used in capital budgeting.
- Describe the cash payback technique.
- Explain the net present value method.
- Identify the challenges presented by intangible benefits in capital budgeting.
- Describe the profitability index.
- Indicate the benefits of performing a post-audit.
- Explain the internal rate of return method.
- Describe the annual rate of return method.
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