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Why do financial planners need to be familiar with the business's strategic plan?
What is the purpose of a business's operating plan?
What is the most common time horizon for operating plans?
Briefly describe the contents of a typical operating plan.
What are the five steps of the financial planning process?
What are two approaches to the total operating revenue forecast?
Discuss some factors that must be considered when developing an operating revenue forecast.
Why is it necessary for planners to distinguish between volume changes and reimbursement changes?
What is the starting point from which forecasted financial statements are created?
Briefly describe the mechanics of the constant growth forecasting method.
Why is the external financing plan so important in the planning process?
Do you think most healthcare businesses use the constant growth method to develop pro forma financial statements, or do you think they use some other methodology?
How do the following factors affect the external financing requirement?a. Projected revenue growth rateb. Capacity utilizationc. Capital intensityd. Profitabilitye. Dividend policy (for
Describe several conditions under which the constant growth method can produce questionable results.
Do these conditions often exist in real-world forecasting?
Identify several techniques that can be used instead of constant growth forecasting.
Which techniques do you think produce the most accurate forecasts? Which techniques do you think are the most costly to use?
Why do computerized forecasting models play such an important role in corporate management?
What are the purposes of a financial control system?
What basic financial control tools do businesses use, and how do they work?
What is float, and how do businesses use it to increase cash management efficiency?
What are some methods that businesses can use to accelerate receipts? To control disbursements?
How should cash management actions be evaluated?
Considering all the information in projected financial statements, why do organizations need a cash budget?
Do managers need to have extensive knowledge of accounting principles to create a cash budget?
In your view, what is the most important line of the cash budget?
Why do businesses hold marketable securities?
Why are these securities preferred?
What is the revenue cycle?
What four phases make up the cycle?
Why is proper management of the revenue cycle critical to the financial performance of healthcare providers?
Explain how a firm's receivables balance is built up over time and why there are costs associated with carrying receivables.
Briefly discuss two metrics used to monitor overall revenue cycle performance.
What are some of the unique problems healthcare providers face in revenue cycle management?
Why is good supply chain management important to a business's success?
Describe some recent trends in supply chain management by healthcare providers.
What is meant by the term spontaneous financing?
What are accruals, and what should a business's policy be regarding the use of accrual financing?
How should businesses determine the amount of trade credit they should use?
What is the difference between free and costly trade credit?
What type of risk does it attempt to measure?
What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Describe qualitative risk assessment.
Why does a qualitative risk assessment work?
Assume a quantitative risk assessment has been conducted on a project. Is a qualitative risk assessment necessary?
What are the differences between the CE and RADR methods for risk incorporation?
What assumptions about time and risk are inherent in the RADR method?
How do most businesses incorporate differential risk into the capital-budgeting decision process?
How did Ridgeland's managers translate the MRI project's standalone risk assessment into a corporate risk assessment?
How was risk incorporated into the MRI project decision process?
Is the risk adjustment objective or subjective?
What is a project cost of capital?
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating debt capacity differences into the capital budgeting decision process.
Why are some projects evaluated on the basis of present value of costs?
Is there any difference between the risk adjustments applied to cash inflows and cash outflows? Explain your answer.
Can differential risk adjustments be made to single cash flows, or must the same adjustment be made to all of a project's cash flows?
How can the possibility of abandonment affect a project's profitability and stand-alone risk?
What are the costs and benefits of structuring large capital budgeting decisions in stages rather than in a single decision?
Why might DCF valuation underestimate the true value of a project?
What are some different types of real options?
How does the presence of real options influence capital budgeting decisions?
Describe a typical capital budgeting decision process.
Are decisions made solely on the basis of quantitative factors? Explain your answer.
From a financial perspective, how are projects chosen when capital rationing exists?
What is the profitability index, and why is it useful in a capital rationing situation?
What are two ratios that measure liquidity?
What are two ratios that measure profitability?
What is the purpose of ratio analysis?
What types of information are contained in the notes to a business's financial statements?
What is the difference between net income and cash flow, and which is more meaningful to a firm's financial condition?
What type of information does each type of statement provide?
Briefly describe these three basic financial statements: (1) Income statement, (2) Balance sheet, and (3) Statement of cash flows.
What governs financial reporting requirements in health services?
What are some securities that are commonly held as marketable securities?
Cumberland Industries' common stock has increased in price from $14.75 to $17.25 from the end of 2006 to the end of 2007, and its shares outstanding increased from 9 to 10 million shares during that
The current price of a stock is $40. In 1 year, the price will be either $60 or $30. The annual risk-free rate is 5%. Find the price of a call option on the stock that has a strike price of $42 and
Use the Black-Scholes model to find the price for a call option with the following inputs: (1) current stock price is $22, (2) strike price is $20, (3) time to expiration is 6 months, (4) annualized
Longstreet Communications Inc. (LCI) has the following capital structure, which it considers to be optimal: debt = 25%, preferred stock = 15%, and common stock = 60%. LCI's tax rate is 40% and
You are a financial analyst for the Hittle Company. The director of capital budgeting has asked you to analyze two proposed capital investments, Projects X and Y. Each project has a cost of $10,000,
LL Incorporated’s currently outstanding 11% coupon bonds have a yield to maturity of 8%. LL believes it could issue at par new bonds that would provide a similar yield to maturity. If its marginal
You have been asked by the president of the Farr Construction Company to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new earth mover. The mover's basic price is $50,000, and it would cost another $10,000
Katie Watkins, an entrepreneur, believes consolidation is the key to profit in the fragmented recreational equine industry. In particular, she is considering starting a business that will develop and
Betty Simmons, the new financial manager of Southeast Chemicals (SEC), a Georgia producer of specialized chemicals for use in fruit orchards, must prepare a financial forecast for 2008. SEC's 2007
Baxter Video Products’ sales are expected to increase from $5 million in 2007 to $6 million in 2008 or by 20%. Its assets totaled $3 million at the end of 2007. Baxter is at full capacity, so its
Van Auken Lumber’s 2007 financial statements are shown below. Van Auken Lumber: Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2007 (Thousands of Dollars)Van Auken Lumber: Income Statement for December 31, 2007
Suppose Barnsdale's financial consultants (see Problem ST-1) report (1) that the inventory turnover ratio is sales/inventory = 3 times versus an industry average of 4 times and (2) that Barnsdale
Refer to Problem 14-1. Return to the assumption that the company had $3 million in assets at the end of 2007, but now assume that the company pays no dividends. Under these assumptions, what
Bannister Legal Services generated $2.0 million in sales during 2007, and its yearend total assets were $1.5 million. Also, at year-end 2007, current liabilities were $500,000, consisting of $200,000
The Booth Company’s sales are forecasted to increase from $1,000 in 2007 to $2,000 in 2008. Here is the December 31, 2007, balance sheet:Booth’s fixed assets were used to only 50% of capacity
At year-end 2007, total assets for Bertin Inc. were $1.2 million and accounts payable were $375,000. Sales, which in 2007 were $2.5 million, are expected to increase by 25% in 2008. Total assets and
Upton Computers makes bulk purchases of small computers, stocks them in conveniently located warehouses, and ships them to its chain of retail stores. Upton’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2007,
Stevens Textile’s 2007 financial statements are shown below.Stevens Textile: Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2007 (Thousands of Dollars)Suppose 2008 sales are projected to increase by 15% over
Assume that you recently graduated and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm's clients is Michelle DellaTorre, a
a. Find the present values of the following cash flow streams. The appropriate interest rate is 8%. (It is fairly easy to work this problem dealing with the individual cash flows. However, if you
Hanebury Corporation’s current sales were $12 million. Sales were $6 million 5 years earlier.a. To the nearest percentage point, at what rate have sales been growing?b. Suppose someone calculated
You have just obtained financial information for the past 2 years for Bridgewater Equine Corporation. Answer the following questions.a. What is the net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) for
Last year Cole Furnaces had $5,000,000 in operating income (EBIT). The company had a net depreciation expense of $1,000,000 and an interest expense of $1,000,000; its corporate tax rate was 40%. The
The first part of the case, presented in Chapter 3, discussed the situation that Computron Industries was in after an expansion program. Thus far, sales have not been up to the forecasted level,
The Bookbinder Company has made $150,000 before taxes during each of the last 15 years, and it expects to make $150,000 a year before taxes in the future. However, in 2007 the firm incurred a loss of
Argent Corporation had earnings per share of $4 last year, and it paid a $2 dividend. Total retained earnings increased by $12 million during the year, while book value per share at year-end was $40.

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