Answer:
The answer is Project X is the most attractive to an investor.
Explanation:
We can use the definition of Net Present Value (NPV) to solve this problem and figure out which would be the best investment.
Net present value is the present value of future money. In other words, over certain period of time, how much is your investment worth today. It takes into consideration cash inflow and outflow over that period of time as well as interest that could be earned on alternative investments if you had the money today. See attachment to see the NPV formula.
In the attachment, we calculate the NPV for each one of the projects using a rate of return i=3% for all of them. Any rate of return could be used as long as they are the same for all projects.
A positive NPV value means a good investment and the higher that number is the better the investment. In this case, we can see that Project X has the higher NPV of all the projects. Therefore, project X is the most attractive for an investor.
Answer:
The Implementation Phase
Explanation:
A marketing plan refers to a a future course of action relating to marketing tactics a firm is planning to employ and specifies the goals and objectives which are to be achieved. It provides direction and guides marketing efforts in a single direction i.e towards attainment of marketing objectives.
A strategic marketing plan is an in-depth marketing plan which specifies the long term marketing strategies, the markets in which the firm shall compete, the target customers and the means to attain marketing goals.
Such a plan incorporates the following phases:
- Analysis : It means situational analyses and assessing organizational strengths and weaknesses and matching them with environmental threats and opportunities.
- Planning: This involves conducting marketing research and product testing and also planning for the price, promotion and distribution of products.
- Implementation: It refers to putting the plans into action and placing the products in the market based upon the distribution channel and markets planned for in previous stages.
- Control: This refers to analyzing sales, profit margins and customer satisfaction. Measuring the deviations against figures as anticipated and making necessary modifications in the marketing strategy accordingly.
In the given case, the video game company had planned well w.r.t it's joint venture and strategy but failed to implement it effectively. This points to the company failing at the implementation phase of the strategic marketing process.
Answer:
8.66%
Explanation:
The computation of the rate of return for the investor in the fund is as follows:
= (Net assets at the end + dividend per share - nav at the beginning of the year) ÷ (nav at the beginning of the year)
where,
Net assets at the end is
= $203 million + $203 million × 7% - ($217.21 million × 0.75%)
= $203 million + $14.21 million - $1.6291 million
= $217.21 million - $1.6291 million
= $215.58093 million
Dividend per share is
= $5 million ÷ 10 million shares
= 0.5
Nav at the beginning of the year is
= $203 million ÷ 10 million shares
= $20.3
Now the rate of return is
= ($215,.58093 + 0.5 - $20.3) ÷ ($20.3)
= 8.66%
D , because liability means to be responsible for something, especially by law.