A company is investing in a huge diversification project. The plan is to develop and sell a whole new product line that they have never sold before. They've already started a massive marketing campaign for this new product line and they are getting good feedback in their market research.
They've had to use debt funding in order to finance the project, but they hope that the returns will be worth the investment and restructuring. If they are successful they will be a step ahead of all their competitors and offer something none of them can.
What is the risk appetite of this company?

A large supermarket is applying direct product profitability analysis to establish the profit earned by each of the products it sells.
Data for product P are as follows.

The shelf is stacked each time that all units are sold and there are no units of product P left unsold at the end of each day.
What is the direct product profit per unit of product P?
Give your answer to the nearest $0.01.

A machine requires an initial investment of $500,000. The net present value (NPV) of the investment in the machine is $36,500.
Which of the following statements is correct in relation to the sensitivity of the investment?

A company operates a divisional structure. The manager of division D receives a bonus based on the division's annual return on capital employed (ROCE).
A minimum ROCE of 20% must be achieved to receive any bonus and thereafter the bonus increases in line with increases in ROCE.
This year division D achieved a ROCE of 24% and the divisional manager received a large bonus.
The manager is considering an investment in a new machine for next year. The incremental ROCE earned by the machine is expected to be 19% although the ROCE for the division as a whole with the machine is expected to be 22%. Without the machine, ROCE is likely to be stable at 24%.
The cost of capital for the company as a whole is 18% per year.
Which of the following statements is correct?

A company has invested $500,000 in developing a new product and requires a return of 12% on this investment.
The company has researched the market and has set the selling price for the new product at $300 per unit. At this price, sales volume for next year is forecast to be 500 units. The forecast unit cost is $210.
What is the target cost gap per unit for the coming year?
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.