Payback is considered an unsophisticated capital budgeting technique because it a) gives explicit consideration to the timing of cash flows and therefore the time value of money b) gives explicit consideration to risk exposure due to the use of the cost of capital as a discount rate c) does not give explicit consideration on the recovery of initial investment and possibility of a calamity d) it ignores the time value of money (no compounding)

Payback is considered an unsophisticated capital budgeting technique because it a) gives explicit consideration to the timing of cash flows and therefore the time value of money b) gives explicit consideration to risk exposure due to the use of the cost of capital as a discount rate c) does not give explicit consideration on the recovery of initial investment and possibility of a calamity d) it ignores the time value of money (no compounding)

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

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Chapter19: Capital Investment

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Problem 20E

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