1. Activity-based costing (ABC) uses an upstream approach to cost allocation by identifying the activities that are performed to provide a service and then aggregating the cost of those activities. Discuss the advantages and disadvantage  of using  ABC to estimate costs and then aggregating those costs

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1. Activity-based costing (ABC) uses an upstream approach to cost allocation by identifying the activities that are performed to provide a service and then aggregating the cost of those activities. Discuss the advantages and disadvantage  of using  ABC to estimate costs and then aggregating those costs.

2.The process of assigning appropriate values to cash flows that occur at different points in time is called time value analysis. Of all the financial analysis techniques discussed in this week assignments, none is more important than time value analysis. Explain why the time value  analysis and the cash flow statements is  so important to healthcare  extra expenditures.financial management?

3. The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is an equilibrium model that defines the relationship between risk and return on assets held as part of well-diversified portfolios. The security market line (SML) is the “working end” of the model that actually is used to estimate the required return based on the asset’s beta coefficient. Discuss the some of the strengths and weakness of CAPM?

4.Some healthcare businesses, particularly not-for-profit providers, have the goal of producing social services along with commercial services. For such firms, the proper analysis of proposed projects must systematically consider the social value of a project along with its pure financial, or cash flow, value. When social value is considered, the total net present value (TNPV) of a project can be expressed as follows: TNPV = NPV + NPSV. Describe the net present social value (NPSV) Model of capital budgeting.

5. Businesses hold marketable securities (cash equivalents and short-term investments) for two primary reasons: As an interest-earning substitute for cash. As a temporary repository for cash being accumulated to meet a specific near-term need. In reality, cash management and marketable securities management are accomplished simultaneously. Wh