1. What are the limitations of the payback period method for making capital-budgeting decisions (e.g., whether to accept or reject a proposed investment)? Does the present value payback period overcome these limitations?
2. Does the book (accounting) rate of return (ARR) method provide a true measure of the return on investment? How about the investment's internal rate of return (IRR)?
3. What should be the decision criterion when using the NPV method to evaluate capital investments? Does the IRR method use the same criterion?
4. "Let's be more practical. DCF is not the only gospel. Many managers have become too absorbed with DCF." Can such a statement be justified? Why?