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Consider a firm with a cost of capital of 5%. One of the divisions of the firm has an ROI of 15%. When the divisional manager is evaluated based on ROI, that manager is likely to:

In their first year of operation, a company reported end-of-period assets of $[a] million and income of $[b] million. The income included a charge for advertising expenses of $[c] million. The CFO believes that advertising should be treated as investment because it increases sales not only in the current year but also in the four subsequent years (after five years the effect of advertising wears off and has no effect on future sales). The risk-adjusted cost of capital is 8%. Calculate EVA in their first year of operation using end-of-period assets (advertising expenses should be properly capitalized).

Consider a firm with a cost of capital of 10%. One of the divisions of the firm has an ROI of 15%. When the divisional manager is evaluated based on ROI, that manager is likely to:

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A company uses EVA to reward its managers. The company spends a substantial amount of money training its employees. Although these costs are expensed for financial reporting purposes, the CEO believes that employee training should be treated as an investment because it increases performance not only in the current year but also in two subsequent years (after three years the effect of employee training wears off and has no effect on future performance). The following information is available: 2017 2016 2015 2014 Operating Income 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 Employee training [a] [b] [c] [d] Calculate 2017 adjusted income after capitalizing employee training costs.

A firm has two divisions whose managers are evaluated based on their Residual Income. Division A has a RI of $100,000. Division B has a RI of $200,000. The CEO of the firm is proposing an investment of $1M that will increase operating income by $150,000. The cost of capital of the firm is 10%. Which division is more likely to want to undertake the investment? 

Consider a firm with a cost of capital of 15%. One of the divisions of the firm has an ROI of 5%. When the divisional manager is evaluated based on ROI, that manager is likely to:

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