Case Study Assignment: Rationing Available Capital
Consider the following scenario:
A Saudi Arabian hospital bought a new medical laser machine for 2,812,500 Saudi riyals (SAR). The machine will generate a cashflow of 562,500 SAR for six years, which is the expected useful life starting Year 1. The cost of capital is 8 percent. The expected salvage value for each year is shown below:
|
Year
|
Salvage Value (in Saudi riyals - SAR)
|
|
0
|
2,812,500
|
|
1
|
2,250,000
|
|
2
|
1,687,500
|
|
3
|
937,500
|
|
4
|
375,000
|
|
5
|
93,750
|
|
6
|
0
|
Using NPV, determine at what year the hospital should dispose of the equipment. Make certain that you show your calculations. Submit your findings in a proposal to the hospital.
Your proposal should include the following components:
• A one-page discussion identifying when the equipment should be disposed of based on NPV.
• The calculations of NPV in an Excel spreadsheet which supports your position. You must show all your calculations for credit.
Your submission should meet the following structural requirements:
• Formatted according to APA and Saudi Electronic University writing standards.
• Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings and textbook, but two must be external and come from peer-reviewed journals.
• The Saudi Digital Library is a good place to find these references.
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