Foundations of Financial Management
Foundations of Financial Management
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ISBN: 9781259277160
Author: Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley Danielsen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To explain: The factor that is normally used as the discount rate in NPV method.

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Net present value (NPV):

It is the method that helps estimate the worth of investment by deducting the present value of cash outflow from the present value of cash inflow. If the NPV is positive, the project is profitable and should be accepted and if the NPV is negative, the project is not profitable and should not be accepted.

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