Question: JBL Co. has designed a new conveyor system. Management must choose among the three alternative courses of actions : (1) The firm can sell the
JBL Co. has designed a new conveyor system. Management must choose among the three alternative courses of actions : (1) The firm can sell the design outright to another corporation with payment over two years (2) It can license the design to another manufacturer for a period of 5 years, it it likely product life. (3) It can manufacture and market the system itself; this alternative will result in 6 years of cash inflows. The company has a cost of capital of 12%. Cash flows associated with each alternative are as follows;
| Alternative | Sell | License | Manufacture | |||
| Initial investment (CF0) | -200000 | -200000 | -450000 | |||
| Year | Cash inflow | |||||
| 1 | 200000 | 250000 | 200000 | |||
| 2 | 250000 | 100000 | 250000 | |||
| 3 | - | 80000 | 200000 | |||
| 4 | - | 60000 | 200000 | |||
| 5 | - | 40000 | 200000 | |||
| 6 | - | - | 200000 | |||
| A. Calculate the net present value of each alternative and rank the alternatives on the basis of NPV? | ||||||
| B. Calculate the annualized net present value (ANVP) of each alternative and rank them accordingly? | ||||||
| C. Why ANPV preferred over NPV when ranking projects with unequal lives? | ||||||
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Please show work with formulas. | ||||||
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