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6. Within-firm risk and beta risk Understanding risks that affect projects and the impact of risk consideration WSP Inc. is involved in a wide range of unrelated projects. The company will pursue any project that it thinks will create value for its stockholders. Consequently, the risk level of the company's projects tends to vary a great deal from project to project If WSP Inc. does not risk-adjust its discount rate for specific projects properly, which of the following is likely to occur over time? Check all that apply The firm will make poor capital budgeting decisions that could jeopardize the long-run viability of the company The fim will reject too rel The firm will become less risky many relatively safe projects. How do managers typically deal with within-firm risk and beta risk when they are evaluating a potential project? O Subjectively O Quantitatively Consider the case of another company. Davis Printing is evaluating two mutually exclusive projects. They both require a $1 million investment today and have expected NPVs of $200,000. Management conducted a full risk analysis of these two projects, and the results are shown below Project A Project B $80,000 $120,000 Risk Measure Standard deviation of project's expected NPVs Project beta Correlation coefficient of project cash flows (relative to the firm's existing projects 0.9 0.7 0.5 Which of the following statements about these projects' risk is correct? Check all that apply Project B has more stand-alone risk than Project A. Project B has more corporate risk than Project A. Project B has more market risk than Project A. Project A has more corporate risk than Project B