To support growth strategies and combat competition with rivals, businesses seek external capital to further develop products and services in hopes to create new sales opportunities. Since capital investment often involves a huge money investment, longer time engagement and risks of uncertainties, any decision shall not be taken lightly and shall be carefully evaluated before putting money to start a long-term project. The goal is to ultimately make the right accept/reject decision. Respond to the following:

• Discuss criteria and techniques used to evaluate a capital project. Which criteria and techniques do you consider the most useful? As a financial manager, would you use the same criteria or evaluation techniques for any capital project? Why or why not?