Evaluating Business Investment Decisions

Making an investment is risky for a company of any size. How do you know if a purchase or acquisition is in the best interests of your organization? When will the investment pay off? Being able to fairly evaluate a business investment—whether it’s acquiring new technology or a competitor’s business—will help make your investments more strategic and make your decisions more informed. Join instructor Joshua Rischin, as he walks through the various ways to evaluate business investment decisions and understand the potential impacts on your company or organization. Learn how to capture key parameters and assumptions, estimate the costs and benefits, summarize the output, and incorporate this analysis in your decision-making process.

Topics include:
- Explain the decision-making process in undertaking an investment project.
- Distinguish between the components of an investment project.
- Recognize the primary way businesses value investment projects.
- Describe the features of input costs.
- Examine how businesses account for risk in an investment project decision.