CHAPTER 11

Complex Investment Decisions

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Determine NPV of mutually exclusive projects with different lives.
  • Show the impact of inflation on the choice between mutually exclusive projects with different lives.
  • Determine optimum duration of investment.
  • Apply NPV rule to the replacement decision.
  • Explain choice between investment projects under capital rationing.
  • Describe and illustrate the use of linear programming under capital rationing situation.
INTRODUCTION

The simple accept-or-reject investment decisions with conventional cash flows may not be quite common in practice. Generally, a firm faces complex investment situations and has to choose among alternatives. The use of the NPV rule can be extended to handle complicated ...

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