c. The best decision according to laplace criterion is alternative and the weighted payoff for this decision is $ (Enter your response as an integer.)

Calculate the sales variance in dollars and the sales variance as a percentage given the following information: last year's sales $2,825,000; this year's sales $3,000,500. $5,825,500 and 9.41% $175,500 and 6.21% $5,825,500 and 10.62% $175,500 and 9.41%

Suppose you're a financial analyst at a company, and you are recommending whether the company should invest in Project A or Project B. Each of the two projects has been proposed by a lead engineer, but the company can only invest in creating one of them this year, and so your manager wants you to give her advice on which one to invest in. Your company's WACC is 9%. Project A Project 8 Year Cash Flow Year Cash Flow $3 ilio, ntialinvestment $2 milion proft $4 ilion pofit $A milion proft $2 milion proft $0, projet loseout $3 ilion, ntia ivestment $0 $0 $0 $0 $14 milion poit 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 Calculate the net present value (NPV) of and decide which one is better. S 유

Describe a risk payoff matrix and give an example.

Explain two approaches a seller can use to estimate variable consideration, and when each approach is likely to be more appropriate.

Case Study One: Consulting Services International Ltd Consulting Services International Ltd ( CSI Ltd) is a company incorporated in Hong Kong. The company is part of a multi- national group and acts as a holding company for a number of other entities. The group provides corporate management consulting services in various countries across the globe. CSI Ltd owns 80% of the shares in Consulting Services Australia Ltd (CSA) which is incorporated in Australia and carries on a business undertaking corporate consulting in Australia through various physical offices. CSI Ltd's main activities are raising finance and investing in order to generate funds and effectively manage the other companies in the group. CSI also provides centralised management and head office services to the other international companies in the group for fees at market value. The main income sources of CSI are therefore investment income, interest on loans to other companies and service fees. CSI's main head office is…

Lakewood Fashions must decide how many lots of assorted ski wear to order for its three stores. Information on pricing, sales, and inventory costs has led to the following payoff table, in thousands. Order size 1 lot 2 lots 3 lots (a) Show a regret table. Order size 1 lot 2 lots 3 lots 13 9 6 Low 13 9 6 Low Demand Medium 16 24 32 16 24 32 High 16 32 61 Demand Medium (b) What decision should be made by the optimist? O 1 lot O2 lots 3 lots 16 32 61 High Maximum Regret 2:06 PM

Scenario One: An 86-year widow comes in monthly to have her blood drawn and monitored ever since her heart attack 2 years ago. Her husband has recently passed away and she has no family nearby to help her. She has Medicare but does not have supplemental insurance to cover office visits. When leaving the office today, she starts to cry and tell you that she can no longer afford her blood pressure medications, cholesterol medications, blood work, and office visits each month. She will not be able to get her medications refilled unless she sees the doctor and has blood work each month. She currently owes $180 on her account today. Scenario 2: A 19-year-old mother of 3 children, all under the age of 5, brings in all of the kids today for their recommended check-ups and vaccinations. She does not have insurance for any of the children as she was denied Medicaid based on a previous fraud. She has been diligent paying for the children’s healthcare, with assistance from a grandmother, but she…

Deep Blue Seaways currently outsources all its IT works to a number of leading consultancies.Your firm, SFS, have just won a £3 million contract from DBS that will require you the Project Manager  to execute. You are pretty certain from your experience with Deep Blue Seaways that this project is seriously underfunded by possibly as much as £1 million. You are to replace their outdated finance systems with your company’s renowned Finance Wizard product, a system that processes all financial information, and produces an infinite array of management information reports that have been proved to improve strategic decision making in existing user companies by significant margins. Deep Blue Seaways comprises of an Head Office and 4 divisions. From your previous dealings with this company you know that the Finance Heads of each Division are not renowned for their co-operative approach with each other. In addition, the project that you have won will result in major changes (in terms of work…

1.  Kirsten is trying to decide where to go for her well-earned vacation. She would like to camp, but if the weather is bad, she will have to go to a motel. Given the costs and probabilities of bad weather given below, which destination should she choose?   Camping cost Motel cost Probability of bad weather Nevada $21.2 $80.9 0.2 Oregon $15.9 $84.6 0.4 California $30 $95 0.1   a. California, because its EMV = $33.14 b. Nevada, because its EMV = $33.14 c. California, because its EMV = $36.5 d. Any of the 3 choices. e. Oregon, because its EMV = $43.38 f. Nevada, because its EMV = $43.38 g. None of the 3 choices. h. Oregon, because its EMV is $36.50.