Question #1 List and describe five potential benefits of decentralization.
Question #2 List and describe five potential weaknesses of decentralization.
Question #3 a) What is a transfer price?
b) How can firms use transfer prices to improve its performance? Be specific and provide examples.
Question #4 Consider the following information about a potential project:
Investment required $30,000,000
Expected annual project revenue $36,000,000
Expected annual project expenses $31,200,000
Required rate of return 13%
Current division return on investment 20%
a) Calculate the project's return on investment.
b) Based solely on ROI, is this project in the firm's best interests? Why or why not?
c) Is this project in the division manager's best interests? Why or why not?
d) Perform DuPont Analysis on this project.
e) What is the project's residual income?