Here are brief of four businesses -small firm of builders whixh has noticed new businesses being set up in the building industry
- a recently established business in the rapidly expanding computer industry, which is owned by two young and ambitious entrepreneurs
- a large book publisher which dominates the market in textbook in your country
- a group of people who are concerned about the lack of clean water provided to poor communities

A. Explain the most likely main objective of the managers of each of theese businesses
B. In each example, explain the decisions that could help the business to achive these objectives

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is: