3. A company has just tested the market for a new product. The test indicates that the...
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3. A company has just tested the market for a new product. The test indicates that the product may capture about 40 per cent of the market share. It is also expected that 25 per cent of the new product's share will be at the cost of an existing product. The new product can be manufactured in the existing facilities, which could also be used to meet the expected increase in one of the company's existing products. The company's financial analyst argues that she would include the test costs in the new product's cash flows since they were incurred for testing the new product, but would exclude the lost contribution on an existing product and the value of the existing facilities to be used for the manufacture of the new product because no out- of-pocket cost is incurred. Do you agree with the analyst? Why or why not?
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