1. Selection from Independent Projects Under Budget Limitation
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2. Mc Graw Hill CHAPTER 12 Learning Objectives
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3. Learning Objectives Capital Rationing rationale;
Use of PW analysis in capital rationing among independent projects;
Use of PW to select from several unequal-life independent projects;
Application of Linear Programming to the solution of capital budgeting problems.
Chapter Summary
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4. 12.1 An Overview of Capital Rationing Among Projects
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5. 12.1 Capital Budgeting Overview
Investment capital represents a scarce resource;
Generally more projects for funding consideration than there are funds available to fund.
Some projects may be funded and some may not!
We have, then, the “independent project selection” problem.
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6. An investment opportunity for the firm;
12.1 Projects
Project:
An investment opportunity for the firm;
Generally been evaluated and found to be acceptable given that funds are or will be available to fund (execute) the project.
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7. Independent Projects:
A set of projects ( two or more) are independent if:
The cash flows of one project do not in anyway impact the cash flows of any other project in the set.
Selection of one project in the set does not impact to accept or reject any other project in the set.
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8. A “bundle” is a collection of independent projects.
12.1 Project Bundles
A “bundle” is a collection of independent projects.
Independent-type projects tend to be quite different from each other.
The candidate set of projects is all projects under consideration for funding from a given budget amount.
Not all projects can be selected – budget constraints may exist.
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9. 12.1 Capital Budgeting – Characteristics
Identify independent projects and their estimated cash flows;
Each project is selected entirely, or it is not selected at all;
Partial projects are not permitted;
A given budget constraint restricts the total amount available for investment;
Objective: maximize the return on investment using a measure of worth.
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10. Accept projects with the best PW values determined at the MARR;
12.1 Selection Guidelines
Accept projects with the best PW values determined at the MARR;
Over the project life;
Provided the investment capital limit is not exceeded.
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11. 12.1 The Capital Budgeting Problem
Cash Flow Profile
(A) $$
(B) $$
(C) $$ $$
Budget
Objective: Max. PW of the selected bundles
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12. 12.1 Max Present Worth Previous Assumption:
Equal Life for the alternatives;
No longer valid for capital budgeting;
No life cycle beyond the estimated life of each bundle;
PW over the respective life of each independent project;
Implicit Reinvestment Assumption is in place.
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13. 12.1 Reinvestment Assumption
The following is assumed for the capital budgeting problem
All positive net cash flows of a project (bundle) are reinvested at the MARR from the time they are realized until the END of the LONGEST-LIVED project!
With this assumption, projects (bundles) with unequal lives can be accommodated in the analysis.
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14. 12.1 Flexibility Issue Given a budget of, say, $b:
This constraint may marginally disallow an acceptable project that is next in line for acceptance!
How is this situation handled in practice?
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15. 12.1 Marginally Exceeding the Budget
Assume project A has a PW(i%) > 0.
If the addition of A to the selected set will cause the budget to be overspent by, say, $1,000 – should A be included?
Mathematically – NO!
In practice – A might be added and the budget limit “b” slightly readjusted to accommodate A’s addition.
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16. 12.1 Use of ROR – To Select ROR can be used to select projects;
However – must apply the incremental ROR method (cumbersome);
Recall, ROR and NPV may not rank (select) projects the same;
Different reinvestment assumptions within the two methods;
Use incremental ROR to select!
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17. 12.1 Suggested Objective Function
It is suggested that PV be used as the criteria in the associated objective function as opposed to ROR.
Probably best to not use the incremental ROR ranking;
Easier to apply PV at the MARR to all of the projects.
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18. 12.2. Capital Rationing Using PW Analysis of Equal-Life Projects
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19. 12.2 Rationing for Equal-Life Projects
Given a set of candidate projects whose lives are all equal;
Calculate the PV(MARR) for each project;
Formulate all of the mutually exclusive bundles from the set;
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20. 12.2 Mutually Exclusive Bundles
Assume you have 4 projects having equal lives;
Candidate set = { A, B, C, D};
The Do-Nothing (DN) alternative is also an option: Set = { DN, A, B, C, D };
Given 4 projects, how many mutually exclusive bundles can be formed?
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21. Given “m” projects (independent), how many possible bundles are there?
12.2 Number of Bundles
Given “m” projects (independent), how many possible bundles are there?
Rule: Total no. of bundles = 2m;
2m – 1 bundles if you cut out the DN option;
If m = 4 then 24 – 1 = 15 bundles (excluding the DN option).
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22. If m = 6 then 26 = 64 bundles to evaluate;
12.2 Number of Bundles
Manual approaches are not well suited for “large” numbers of candidate projects.
If m = 6 then 26 = 64 bundles to evaluate;
If m = 30 then 230 bundles to evaluate;
Equal 1,073,741,824 bundles!
Require a more sophisticated approach other than a manual analysis.
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23. 12.2 Example of Bundling: m =4
Assume:
Project Investment $
A $10,000
B ,000
C ,000
D ,000
$38,000 Total
Assume a b = $25,000 (The budget max.)
One cannot have all 4 projects because of the budget limitation.
What, then, is the optimal combination of projects?
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24. 12.2 Example of Bundling: m =4
Assume:
Project Investment $
A $10,000
B ,000
C ,000
D ,000
$38,000 Total
Assume a b = $25,000 (The budget max.)
From the 15 possible combinations, which one bundle of projects will maximize the present worth of the selected bundle?
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25. 12.2 Example of Bundling: m =4
Assume:
Project Investment $
A $10,000
B ,000
C ,000
D ,000
$38,000 Total
Assume a b = $25,000 (The budget max.)
Feasible bundles must have
Positive PV and a total
Budget that does not
Exceed $25,000/
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26. 12.2 Steps for a Manual Analysis
Identify the investments and cash flows for all feasible combinations of the projects where each combination represents an economically mutually exclusive bundle.
Consider all possible combinations by taking the projects one at a time, two at a time, etc., and listing.
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27. 12.2 Possible Combinations Where m = 4
1. Do Nothing; BCD
2. A CD
3. B ACD
4. C
5. D
6. AB
7. AC
8. AD
9. ABC
10. ABCD
11. BC
12. BD
13. ABD
TOTAL ENUMERATION OF
ALL 16 POSSIBLE
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
COMBINATIONS
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28. 12.2 Ordering the Combinations
Order the bundles from low to high based upon the total budget requirement of the combination.
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29. 12.2 Rank-Ordered Bundles: Total Investment
Eliminate Those
Mutually Exclusive
Bundles That
Exceed the $25,000
Budget Limitation.
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30. 12.2 Reduced Budget – Feasible Set
Four bundles
are
infeasible: they
exceed the
budget amt.
dropped from
further
consideration.
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31. 12.1 The Feasible Set The feasible set of mutually exclusive bundles.
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32. The previous slide shows the feasible set;
12.2 Bundle Selection
The previous slide shows the feasible set;
None of the combinations exceed the budget limitation;
If one has the PV of each bundle, then pick the bundle with the maximum present value.
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33. 12.2 General Solution Technique
Develop all mutually exclusive bundles.
Eliminate those bundles whose total investment requirement exceeds the budget amount.
Within each bundle, sum the NCF’s for all projects in that bundle and compute the PV of the bundle at the MARR.
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34. 12.2 General Solution Technique
Let “j” equal the bundle number;
PWj = PW of bundles net cash flows – the initial investment.
Select the bundle with the largest PWj value.
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35. Number of candidate projects = 5 Set = {DN, A,B,C,D,E}
12.2 Example 1
Assume “b” = 20 million;
Number of candidate projects = 5
Set = {DN, A,B,C,D,E}
No. of bundles = 25 = 32 possible combinations.
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36. 12.2 Example for “m” = 5 Projects
Amounts are in units of $1,000.
25 Possible Bundles:”E” is removed $21 Million > 20 Million
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37. 12.2 Example 1: Feasible Bundles
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38. Left over budget = 6 million – assumed to be invested at the MARR
12.2
Max Bundle is { CD };
Left over budget = 6 million – assumed to be invested at the MARR
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39. 12.3 Capital Rationing Using PW Analysis of Unequal-Life Projects
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40. 12.3 Unequal-Life Projects
It is assumed that reinvestment of positive net cash flows occurs at the MARR from the time they are realized until the end of the longest-lived project.
Use of the LCM of lives is not necessary for the capital budgeting model.
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41. 12.3 Example 2: Unequal Lives
Project
Initial
Investment
Ann. Net
Cash Flows
Life – Yrs A
-$8,000
$3,870 6 B
-15,000
2,930 9 C
-8,000
2,680 5 D
2,540 4
24 = 16 Bundles to evaluate: 8 are feasible!
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42. Select { AC } for $16,000: $4,000 assumed invested at the MARR
12.3 Example 2: PV Summary
Bundle
Project(s) PV
Comments 1 A
$+6,646 2 B
-1,019
Reject 3 C
984 4 D
-748 5 AC
7,630
Max Bundle 6 AD
5,898 7 CD
235 8
Do Nothing
Select { AC } for $16,000: $4,000 assumed invested at the MARR
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43. 12.3 Two Independent Bundles A and B
Assume two independent projects, A and B;
Life of A = nA;
Life of B = nB;
A B (unequal lives).
Assume A and B have the same net cash flow each time period.
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44. 12.3 Notation for Unequal Life Problem
nL = life of the longer lived project;
nj = life of the shorter lived project;
nA = Life of A
nB = Life of B
Diagram the two cash flows on the next slide.
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45. 12.3 Unequal-Life Projects; A and B
FWB
PWB
nB = nL B
Longer life Project: i = MARR
Investment
For B
FWA
PWA FW
Period of MARR A nL nA
Investment
For A
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46. 12.3 Shorter Project: A with Reinvestment
FWA
PWA FW A
Period of MARR nL nA
Investment
For A
Compute the FW from nA out to nL of A.
Assumed to be reinvested at the MARR rate!
Yield FWA given reinvestment at the MARR rate.
Then, find PWA from FWA at the MARR rate.
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47. 12.3 Bundling A and B: Unequal Lives
Now A and B have unequal lives;
If reinvestment at the MARR is assumed for the shorter-life project out to the life of the longer life project, then:
One can create a bundle of A and B by computing;
PWBundle = PWA + PWB
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48. Project Init. Inv. ANCF Life C -$8,000 $2,680 5 D -8,000 2,540 4
12.3 C and D in Example 2
Project
Init. Inv.
ANCF
Life C
-$8,000
$2,680 5 D
-8,000
2,540 4
Find the PW of the bundle { C,D }.
Unequal life situation.
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49. 12.3 Bundle { C, D }. Over 9 years Bundle Cash Flow:
FW = $57,111
$2,540/yr (D)
$2,680 (C)
15%) of + CF’s = +$57,111.
15%) = -$16, ,111(P/F,15%,9)
= +$235.00
-$16,000
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50. 12.3 Bundle Analysis Summary
Given the life of the longest project;
Find the PW(MARR) given reinvestment where required for all bundles;
Throw out any bundles with negative PW’s unless other constraints require their presence.
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51. 12.3 Setting Up to Solve Complex Problems
Solution of complex or large numbers of bundles is best approached by applying linear programming formulations;
The next section describes a 0-1 Linear Programming formulation to the capital budgeting problem.
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52. 12.4 Capital Budgeting Problem Formulation Using Linear Programming
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53. 12.4 Application of Integer LP
Formulate as an Integer LP model;
Decision variable is a { 0, 1 } variable;
Let x  {0,1};
Means: Can have all of a project or none of the project. Partial funding is not permitted!
Objective Function:
Max {Present worth of the selected bundles}
Subject to budget and other constraints.
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54. 12.4 Notation for ILP Formulation
“b” = capital budget limitation for the time period;
xk = The decision variable for project k;
m = the number of projects;
xk  { 0, 1 };
If xk = 1 then all of the project is accepted;
If xk = 0 then none of the project is accepted.
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55. 12. Integer LP Formulation Model
Objective Function:
Budget Constraint:
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56. The Present Worth for each project is calculated as:
12. 4 PW for Each Project:
The Present Worth for each project is calculated as:
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57. Objective Function (Max):
12. ILP for Example 2
Objective Function (Max):
Budget Constraint;
Decision Variables;
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58. 12.4 Solution from Spreadsheet
X1 = 1
X2 = 0
X3 = 1
X4 = 0
Objective Function Value = $7,630
$16,000 spent;
Leaving $4,000 unspent, but assumed to be invested at the 15% rate.
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59. Solver is an add-in optimization tool to Excel;
12.4 Use if Solver for ILP
Solver is an add-in optimization tool to Excel;
See the format in Figure 12-5;
Students are encouraged to compose their own spreadsheet to evaluate this problem;
Using LP analysis, perform sensitivity analysis using the reports feature of Solver.
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60. Mc Graw Hill CHAPTER 12 Chapter Summary
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61. Capital represents a scarce resource;
Chapter 12 Summary
Capital represents a scarce resource;
Capital is limited and must be rationed;
Evaluate the capital budgeting from:
Equal life projects;
Unequal life projects.
Apply the PW method;
Create mutually exclusive bundles;
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62. For “m” projects there are 2m possible combinations or bundles;
Chapter 12 Summary
For “m” projects there are 2m possible combinations or bundles;
Manual solutions work only for very small problems;
Larger problems require a mathematical programming formulation;
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63. One calculates the PW of the j-th bundle at the firm’s MARR;
Chapter 12 Summary
One calculates the PW of the j-th bundle at the firm’s MARR;
Determine the feasible bundles and,
Select the bundle with the maximum present worth;
LP methods with computer assistance, do this automatically.
Other constraints may also be present.
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64. Mc Graw Hill CHAPTER 12 End of Slide Set
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End of Slide Set
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