编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第页共NUMPAGES10页第PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT10页共NUMPAGES\*MERGEFORMAT10页所有咨询公司面试可能用到的分析结构ZTAdvancedconcepts&frameworksMBAsandothercandidateswithbusinessbackgrounds,takenote-interviewerswillexpectyoutohaveamoredetailedtakeonyourcasethananundergraduatewouldhave.Herearesomecommonlyusedcaseconcepts.NetpresentvaluePerhapsthemostimportanttypeofdecisioncompanymanagersmustmakeonadailybasisiswhethertoundertakeaproposedinvestment.Forexample,shouldthecompanybuyacertainpieceofequipment?Buildaparticularfactory?Investinanewproject?Thesetypesofdecisionsarecalledcapitalbudgetingdecisions.Theconsultantmakessuchdecisionsbycalculatingthenetpresentvalueofeachproposedinvestmentandmakingonlythoseinvestmentsthathavepositivenetpresentvalues.Example:HernandezistheCFOofWesternManufacturingCorp.,anautomobilemanufacturer.ThecompanyisconsideringopeninganewfactoryinOhiothatwillrequireaninitialinvestmentof$1million.Thecompanyforecaststhatthefactorywillgenerateafter-taxcashflowsof$100,000inYear1,$200,000inYear2,$400,000inYear3,and$400,000inYear4.AttheendofYear4,thecompanywouldthensellthefactoryfor$200,000.Thecompanyusesadiscountrateof12percent.Hernandezmustdeterminewhetherthecompanyshouldgoaheadandbuildthefactory.Tomakethisdecision,Hernandezmustcalculatethenetpresentvalueoftheinvestment.Thecashflowsassociatedwiththefactoryareasfollows:HernandezthencalculatestheNPVofthefactoryasfollows:Sincethefactoryhasanegativenetpresentvalue,Hernandezcorrectlydecidesthatthefactoryshouldnotbebuilt.ThenetpresentvalueruleNotefromtheexampleabovethatoncetheconsultanthasfiguredouttheNPVofaproposedinvestment,shethendecideswhethertoundertaketheinvestmentbyapplyingthenetpresentvaluerule:Makeonlythoseinvestmentsthathaveapositivenetpresentvalue.Aslongastheconsultantfollowsthisrule,shecanbeconfidentthateachinvestmentismakingapositivenetcontributiontothecompany.TheCapitalAssetPricingModel(CAPM)Intheaboveexample,weassumedagivendiscountrate.However,partofaconsultant'sjobisto