Purchase Solution

What do you think comprises a cost benefit analysis?

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

1.What do you think comprises a cost benefit analysis?
2.What is an acceptable level of return on investment? Why?
3.How is decision making improved by data analysis?
4.How do you determine the types and sources of data used in developing the research proposal?

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

A cost benefit analysis is done to determine how well, or how poorly, a planned action will turn out.

Solution Preview

1.What do you think comprises a cost benefit analysis?

A cost benefit analysis is done to determine how well, or how poorly, a planned action will turn out. Although a cost benefit analysis can be used for almost anything, it is most commonly done on financial questions. Since the cost benefit analysis relies on the addition of positive factors and the subtraction of negative ones to determine a net result, it is also known as running the numbers.

A cost benefit analysis finds, quantifies, and adds all the positive factors. These are the benefits. Then it identifies, quantifies, and subtracts all the negatives, the costs. The difference between the two indicates ...

Solution provided by:
Sandeep Bardia, MBA
Education
  • BCom, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi
  • MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology
Recent Feedback
  • "Thank you. "
  • "Thank you"
  • "Thank you. I got 20/20 last week for my discussion you help me out with."
  • "Thank you. Great Job. "
  • "Thank you. Great Job. "
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Introduction to Finance

This quiz test introductory finance topics.

Marketing Research and Forecasting

The following quiz will assess your ability to identify steps in the marketing research process. Understanding this information will provide fundamental knowledge related to marketing research.

Basic Social Media Concepts

The quiz will test your knowledge on basic social media concepts.

Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting

This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.

Change and Resistance within Organizations

This quiz intended to help students understand change and resistance in organizations

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis: Application

    612235 Cost-Benefit Analysis: Application What do you think are some of the more important, impacting cost benefit analysis that could affect a society?

  • Do you think the trainer impacts the outcome of training?

    Is it possible to do a cost benefit analysis (CBA) for a training? If so, how would you go about conducting a CBA for training... what factors would you consider? What are some of the adult learning styles?

  • This post addresses crime and cost benefit analysis.

    473742 This post addresses crime and cost benefit analysis. 1.) Rational Choice theorists argue that would-be criminals make the decision to commit crimes based on a cost-benefit analysis. Do you agree with this school of thought? Why? 2.)

  • finding the efficient level of abatement

    with this data how do you perform the cost benefit test to tell if at a given percentage level abatement is effiecient?

  • Accounting Concepts Used by Non-profit Organizations

    204920 Accounting Concepts Used by Non-profit Organizations I need help getting started with a response to this question: Do you think some Non profit organizations are unable to process the elements of risk and cost benefit analysis of controls because

  • Externalities and the use of cost benefit analysis

    How would you decide what was the best level of emission reduction? Why do you think your approach would be better than others? Cost and Benefit analysis can be used to justify eliminating pollution. There are two levels of analysis.

  • Description and applications of decision making tools

    Three decision making tools/techniques are: 1) Cost benefit Analysis: Cost/Benefit Analysis is a relatively* simple and widely used technique for deciding whether to make a change.

  • Intermediate Accounting I - Multiple-step Income Statement

    Address the following questions regarding the multiple-step income statement: What is the benefit of the detail presented in the cost of goods sold section of this statement? Do you think this could be confusing to the readers? Why?

  • Marginal Cost & Marginal Benefit

    Almost any time you make a purchase you are at least subconsciously using marginal analysis. For example, when you buy fast food, you are often offered the chance to "super size."

View More Related Solutions