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Describe the capital budgeting process and explain the meaning of a positive versus a negative NPV. What opinions might shareholders have on selecting projects using the NPV? Explain. What might happen to a management team that persistently selects negative NPV projects? Explain.

Also use two experiences/or times to support the position taken.

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Describe the capital budgeting process and explain the meaning of a positive versus a negative NPV. What opinions might shareholders have on selecting projects using the NPV? Explain. What might happen to a management team that persistently selects negative NPV projects? Explain.

Also use two experiences/or times to support the position taken.

Capital budgeting is the planning process used to determine whether long term investments such as purchase of new machinery, replacement of old machinery by new machinery, purchase of new plant, new research and development projects etc., capital budgeting process is the planning for making major capital investment decisions.
The capital budgeting process involves identifying potential investments and estimating the incremental cash inflows and outflows of cash associated with each investment analyzing and ...

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