Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows: Sales revenue Income Divisional assets (beginning of year) Current liabilities (beginning of year) R&D expenditures a Carolinas $ 1,700 170 1,000 250 850 Northeast $ 5,800 312 1,500 250 770 aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year. Required: a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses economic value added (EVA). a-2. Which division had the better performance?
Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows: Sales revenue Income Divisional assets (beginning of year) Current liabilities (beginning of year) R&D expenditures a Carolinas $ 1,700 170 1,000 250 850 Northeast $ 5,800 312 1,500 250 770 aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year. Required: a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses economic value added (EVA). a-2. Which division had the better performance?
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Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses economic value added (EVA).
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![Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial
information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows:
Sales revenue
Income
Divisional assets (beginning of year)
Current liabilities (beginning of year)
R&D expenditures a
Carolinas
$ 1,700
170
1,000
250
850
Northeast
$ 5,800
312
1,500
250
770
aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year.
Required:
a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses economic value added (EVA).
a-2. Which division had the better performance?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9bf3ada2-8fed-45e6-8948-e471ffe1549e%2F487ebbd1-d8ef-47d5-9dd6-98a1f767bdf8%2Fiyik1pw_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Lasky Manufacturing has two divisions: Carolinas and Northeast. Lasky has a cost of capital of 7.5 percent. Selected financial
information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows:
Sales revenue
Income
Divisional assets (beginning of year)
Current liabilities (beginning of year)
R&D expenditures a
Carolinas
$ 1,700
170
1,000
250
850
Northeast
$ 5,800
312
1,500
250
770
aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year.
Required:
a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming Lasky Manufacturing uses economic value added (EVA).
a-2. Which division had the better performance?
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