Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259565403
Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 27E
Compare Alternative Measures of Division Performance
The following data are available for two divisions of Solomons Company:
The cost of capital for the company is 8 percent. Ignore taxes.
Required
- a. If Solomons measures performance using
ROI , which division had the better performance? - b. If Solomons measures performance using economic value added, which division had the better performance? (The divisions have no current liabilities.)
- c. Would your evaluation change if the company’s cost of capital were 16 percent? Why?
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