Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781260247787
Author: Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 11, Problem 14E

1.

To determine

Return on Investment or asset: It establishes the relationship between the net income and the assets or capital employed. The ratio is used to measure the overall performance of an organization by looking at how efficiently an organization uses its resources.

:

The margin, turnover, and return on investment (ROI) for Division A, Division B, and Division C.

2.

To determine

Residual income: A business performance measurement that takes into account the minimum required return on the asset employed is a residual income, which the company expects from the asset in which the investment has been made. In the other words, residual income is the number of excess earnings earned over and above the minimum required return of the capital invested.

:

The residual income of Division A, Division B, and Division C.

3 a.

To determine

Return on Investment or asset: It establishes the relationship between the net income and the assets or capital employed. The ratio is used to measure the overall performance of an organization by looking at how efficiently an organization uses its resources.

:

The division or divisions will probably accept or reject the opportunity if performance is being measured by ROI.

3 b.

To determine

Residual income: A business performance measurement that takes into account the minimum required return on the asset employed is a residual income, which the company expects from the asset in which the investment has been made. In the other words, residual income is the number of excess earnings earned over and above the minimum required return of the capital invested.

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The division or divisions will probably accept or reject the opportunity if performance is being measured by Residual Income.

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