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a.Acme Manufacturing is a decentralized corporation. Divisions are treated as in

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Question

a.Acme Manufacturing is a decentralized corporation. Divisions are treated as investment centers. In recent years, Acme has been running about 11% ROA for the corporation as a whole, and has a cost of capital of 8%. One of their most profitable divisions is Walker Products, which last year had ROA of 20% ($1,600,000 operating income on assets of $8,000,000). Walker has an opportunity to expand one of its plants to produce a promising new product. The expansion will cost two million dollars, and is expected to increase operating earnings to $1,900,000. What factors should Walker

Explanation / Answer

They have to consider the factor that whether their this new project increase ROA or not. If ROA increases then they should go with new project otherwise not