You’re a member of the financial services department at Benson Regional Medical Center. The chief financial officer and chair of the capital budgeting committee, Dana Foster, has requested that you perform some capital analysis of two proposed patient service programs.
Start by downloading the Week 8 Discussion Spreadsheet [XLSX].
Use the spreadsheet to find the information needed to complete a net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and a discounted payback period for proposed Programs A and B.
Once you have completed the capital budgeting analyses, prepare a narrated PowerPoint presentation that provides:
A brief description of the proposed programs (A & B)*.
The cash flows projections for each option from Year 0 through Year 5.
The results and interpretation of the discounted payback period.
Net present value (NPV).
Internal rate of return (IRR).
In addition, you will be expected to state which program you would like to move forward to the full Capital Budgeting Committee for their consideration with supporting rationale. The presentation should be limited to 10 minutes. Submit the spreadsheet along with the slide deck.
*You get to create the program options descriptions.
Instructions:
Your initial post must have your presentation attached.
Provide constructive feedback to each of your response posts.
Resources
This video walks you through computing a discounted payback period for a proposed capital investment.
This video walks you through computing the net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) using Microsoft Excel.

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Auctions can be an important tool for selling goods and gathering information. Auctions are used in multiple venues including agriculture, eBay, and distressed asset sales. The seller does not have to worry about estimating demand and setting a price because the demanders will do that through the auction process.
Write an essay examining the value of auctions in the economy by addressing the following items.
1) Explain the difference between oral auctions and second-price auctions, including how they work and their results.
2) Use the expected value information to illustrate how having more bidders in an oral auction will likely result in a higher winning bid.
3) Explain how the number of bidders in a common value auction affects the outcome of the auction. Relate this to the effect on price in different market structures based on the number of producers.
4) Auctions lead to outcomes where buyers reveal their value for the products being auctioned. To successfully price discriminate, firms often rely on buyers revealing their value for products. Explain the conditions necessary for firms to be able to price discriminate.
Your essay must be at least three pages in length (not counting the title and references pages) and include at least five peer-reviewed resources. Adhere to APA Style when writing your essay, including citations and references for sources used. Be sure to include an introduction. Please note that no abstract is needed.

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