Successful businesses should identify and invest in attractive long-term business projects, in order to take advantage of potential business opportunities, perform effectively and satisfy shareholders.

An issue of critical importance to business managers is therefore the evaluation of potential investment opportunities.

Required

Critically evaluate alternative approaches that may be used to financially assess long-term business investment opportunities.

As well as demonstrating your critical understanding of the financial techniques you discuss, you should also ensure that discuss the potential value of the information for decision-makers.

You may include illustrative calculations as far as they support your discussion.