MultinationalFinancialManagement（跨国公司财务管理）ch17MultinationalCorporationsandCapitalBudgeting

Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,CHAPTER 17,Multinational Corporations and Capital Budgeting,BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,I.BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,A.Basic Criterion:Net Present Value,B.Net Present Value Technique:,1.Definition,The present value of future cash flows,discounted at the projects cost of capital less the initial net cash outlay.,BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,2.NPV Formula:,where I,0,=initial cash outlay,x,t,=net cash flow at t,k=cost of capital,n=investment horizon,BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,3.Most important property of NPV technique:,-focus on cash flows with respect to shareholder wealth,4.NPV obeys value additive principle:,-the NPV of a set of projects is the sum of the individual project NPV,BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,C.International Cash Flows,1.Important principle when estimating:,Incremental basis,BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,2.Distinguish total from incremental flows to account for,a.cannibalization,b.sales creation,c.opportunity cost,d.transfer pricing,e.fees and royalties,BASICS OF CAPITAL BUDGETING,3.,Getting the base case correct-,Rule of thumb:,4.Intangible Benefits,a.Valuable learning experience,b.Broader knowledge base,ALL-EQUITY COST OF CAPITAL,II.Alternative Capital-Budgeting Frameworks,A.THE ALL-EQUITY COST OF CAPITAL FOR FOREIGN PROJECTS,WACC sometimes awkward,1.To go from the parent to the project,2.Solution:Use all equity discount rate,3.To calculate:,k,*,=r,f,+,*,(r,m,-r,f,),ALL-EQUITY COST OF CAPITAL,4.,*,is the all-equity beta associated with,the,unlevered,cash flows.,5.,Unlevered,beta obtained by,where B,*,=the firms stock price beta,D/E =the debt to equity ratio,t =the firms marginal tax,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,III.TWO ISSUES IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,A.Issue#1,Parent v.Project Cash Flow,-the cash flows from the project may,differ from those remitted to the parent,1.Relevant cash flows become quite,important,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,2.Three Stage Approach,-to simplify project evaluation,pute subsidiarys project,cash flows,b.evaluate the project to the parent,c.incorporate the indirect effects,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,3.Estimating Incremental Project Flows,What is the true profitability of the project?,a.Adjust for tax effects of,1.)transfer pricing,2.)fees and royalties,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,4.Tax Factors:,determine the amount and timing of taxes paid on foreign-source income.,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,Issue#2,How to adjust for increased economic and political risk of project?,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,1.Three Methods for Economic/Political,Risk Adjustments:,a.Shortening minimum payback period,b.Raising required rate of return,c.Adjusting cash flows,FOREIGN INVESTMENT ANALYSIS,2.Accounting for Exchange Rate and Price Changes(inflationary),Two stage procedure:,a.Convert nominal foreign cash flows into home currency terms,b.Discount home currency flows at domestic required rate of return.,