Criteria and Techniques - Finance For Decision Making - 175 Words

 To support growth strategies and combat competition with rivals, businesses seek external capital to further develop products and services in hopes to create new sales opportunities. Since capital investment often involves a huge money investment, longer time engagement and risks of uncertainties, any decision shall not be taken lightly and shall be carefully evaluated before putting money to start a long-term project. The goal is to ultimately make the right accept/reject decision. Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Discuss criteria and techniques used to evaluate a capital project. Which criteria and techniques do you consider the most useful? As a financial manager, would you use the same criteria or evaluation techniques for any capital project? Why or why not?