Currently, the world economy is facing an unprecedented challenge due to corona-virus pandemic. In Bangladesh, most of the businesses have been severely affected by corona-virus pandemic and possibly the effects of this virus will last throughout this year. Last year, you started a cement manufacturing business and currently evaluating your capital investment decision for another unit. What will be the effect of corona-virus in your existing business? Will be it a good strategy to invest another unit this year? Provide a detailed explanation

You are considering a new product line for your business. The new product line will require investment of $3,000,000 in new equipment. The equipment will be trucked to your facility at a cost of $25,000 and will require another $250,000 to modify that equipment for use in your facility. The new product line will require an increase in inventory of $200,000, an increase in accounts receivable of $100,000, but you believe you will be able to get suppliers to offer good credit terms which should increase accounts payable by $250,000, and you will obtain a short term bank loan, increasing notes payable by $25,000. The equipment falls into the 3- year MACRS class (rates of 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7% in years 1-4, respectively). You expect to operate the new product line for only three years and then shut down operations. The salvage value of the equipment at time three is expected to be $385,000. The new product line is expected to lead to sales of $1.4 million the first year with inflation of…

PT. Nusantara Indonesia is one of the most prestigious companies providing holiday travel packages to tourism destinations in Indonesia. The company's management is undergoing expansion strategy to cater higher demand in 2023 onward. As part of the strategy, the company is evaluating two independent projects that should be started in mid-2022 in order to be completed in the end of December 2027. In 2022, PT. Nusantara received new capital injection from strategic investor in California, US. Next week, the financial manager of PT. Nusantara Indonesia will bring the two project’s proposals to the board of directors for their approval. The manager prepares the cost and expected cash flows generating from the project as shown in Table 1. TABLE 1 Year Project Cenderawasih A Project Cenderawasih B 0 Initial investment of USD500,000 Initial investment of USD650,000 1 Cash flow year 1 = USD150,000 Cash flow year 1 of USD170,000 2 Cash flow year 2 = USD150,000 Cash flow increased by…

Case Study The coronavirus pandemic drastically reduced the number of people flying in the United States. Because of this, every major airline experienced a drop in stock prices from February 2020 to November 2020. But these drops ranged from 57% for American Airlines to 21% for Southwest Airlines. Why such a difference? Investopedia points out that Southwest has extremely efficient operations, low-cost pricing, and innovative logistics solutions. In addition, they incorporate customer experience and forward planning into their strategy. All of these things helped Southwest to weather the pandemic, and they all require that Southwest maintains careful control over its operations. One of the other things that helped Southwest during the pandemic was their superior service desk performance. They achieved this performance, in part, through measuring key factors in customer service, looking at customer service leaders (benchmarking), and making changes to bring their customer service costs…