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MINI CASE You have just graduated from the MBA program of a large university, and one of your favorite courses was Today's Entrepreneurs. In fact, you enjoyed it so much you have decided you want to be your own boss. While you were in the master's program, your grandfather died and left you $1 million to do with as you please. You are not an inventor and you do not have a trade skill that you can market; however, you have decided that you would like to purchase at least one established franchise in the fast-foods arca, maybe two Gif profitable). The problem is that you have never been one to stay with any project for too long, so you figure that your time frame is 3 years. After 3 years you will go on to You have narrowed your selection down to two choices (1) Franchise L. Lisa's Soups Salads, & Stuff, and (2) Franchise S Sam's Fabulous Fried Chicken. The net cash flows the forecast of how each franchise will do over the 3-year period. Franchise L's cash flows will start off slowly but will increase rather quickly as people become more health- conscious, while Franchise Ss cash flows will start off high but will trail off as other chicken competitors enter the marketplace and as people become more health-conscious and avoid fried foods. Franchise L serves breakfast and lunch whereas Franchise S serves only dinner, so it is possible for you to invest in both franchises. You see these franchises as perfect complements to one another: You could attract both the lunch and dinner crowds and the health-conscious and not-so-health-conscious crowds without the fran chises directly competing against one another. Here are the net cash flows (in thousands of dollars): Expected Net Cash Flows Year Franchise L Franchise S $100 Depreciation, salvage values, net working capital requirements, and tax effects are all included in these cash flows. You also have made subjective risk assessments of each franchise and concluded that both franchises have risk characteristics that require a return of 10%. You must now determine whether one or both of the franchises should be accepted a. What is capital budgeting? b. What is the difference between independent and mutually exclusive projects? (1) Define the term nel presente (NPV). What is cach franchise's NPV? (2) What is the rationale behind the NPV method? According to NPV, which franchise or franchises should be accepted if they are independent? Mutually exclusive? (3) Would the NPVs change if the cost of capital changed? d (1) Define the term internal rate of return (RR). What is each franchise's IRR? (2) How is the IRR on a project related to the YTM on a bond

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