Question: Consider the following information given below: ($ in millions except as noted) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5-10 Investment
Consider the following information given below:
| ($ in millions except as noted) | Year 0 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5-10 | ||||||||||||
| Investment | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Production (millions of pounds per year) | 0 | 0 | 42 | 84 | 84 | 84 | ||||||||||||
| Spread ($ per pound) | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 0.97 | ||||||||||||
| Net revenues | 0 | 0 | 51 | 102 | 102 | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Production costs | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Transport | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Other costs | 0 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Cash flow | 100 | 22 | 8.76 | 38.48 | 38.48 | 17.48 | ||||||||||||
| NPV (at r = 8%) = 9.65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Production and transport costs are variable costs while other costs are fixed.
a. Calculate the NPV of the proposed polyzone project, if the spread in year 4 holds at $1.22 per pound and whats the right management decision? b. Calculate the NPV of the proposed polyzone project, if the U.S. chemical company can start up polyzone production at 42 million pounds in year 1 rather than year 2 and whats the right management decision? c. Calculate the NPV of the proposed polyzone project, if the U.S. company makes a technological advance that reduces its annual production costs to $27 million. Competitors production costs do not change and whats the right management decision?
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