Company D is about to launch an innovative and unique product which may face direct competition within three years. The company needs to achieve a rapid payback on all investments because it has limited access to external finance. Which is the most appropriate pricing strategy for company D's new product, and for what reason?
You have just assessed an investment proposal, involving an immediate cash outflow followed by a series of cash inflows over the next 7years, by deducing the NPV and the IRR. You have now discovered that you have underestimated the discount rate. Correcting the underestimation will have the following effect, relative to your original deductions:
A very large organization is financed by both debt and equity. It evaluates all projects on the basis of their net present value (NPV) using an organization wide weighted average cost of capital as the discount rate. For a small project, which TWO of the following would affect the project's cash flows AND the discount rate?