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I have a case study that includes financial management calculation that will need to be completed today. It will need to be 300 words for the initial part. In the event that the responses need to be done, I will add that after the initial part is completed. Please have a finance background and ensure that you can complete this by the time stated in the title. More context has been included in the attachments.
Discussion 4
Case Study: Target Corporation (available in Course-Pack).
Study and analyze the above Case. At a minimum, your analysis must discuss answers to the following:
1. What is Target’s Capital Budgeting Process? Is it consistent with the Company’s business and financial objectives?
2. Explain what the Dashboard tells you as a manager. Isn’t the NPV enough information for you to make a go/no-go decision?
3. Which of the five capital projects requests (CPRs) did you accept? Which project attributes did you consider as part of your decision?
4. Why does Target use different hurdle rates for the store and the credit cards (9% and 4% respectively)? What process would you use to estimate these discount rates to see if they are reasonable?
5. As a member of the Capital Expenditure Committee (CEC), would you continue to approve CPRs if it means that Target would need to fund the request with external funds, either debt or equity?
Your original post should be 300 words or less and it’s due by midnight on Wednesday, 4/9/2025.
You are also required to respond to the discussion posts of at least two classmates with
substantive responses
(Due: Sunday, 4/13/2025).
Properly cite your references. Note that your posts will be subjected to turnitin. Plagiarism will result in a zero grade.
Click on the options icon (top right) for a rubric regarding how the discussion will be graded.
Case Study Objectives
1. To understand the
Capital Budgeting Decision Process
for a large corporation. Each decision process should support the corporation’s business and financial objectives. The capital investment decision is important strategically because of the choice of where to spend funds.
2. To review the use of
NPV and IRR
as decision metrics. Although individual cash flows are not provided for the CPRs, the dashboard gives substantial sensitivity analysis for changes in the value drivers of the projects, and therefore afford the opportunity to review the principles of NPV and IRR calculations.
3. To understand the
Multidimensionality of Capital Investment Decision
. As a major retailer, Target executives recognize the importance of brand awareness to the success of the company, which makes the NPV only part of the consideration for a capital project request.
