1. Financial Management
... is to accept a project if its payback period is substantially less than its economic life (or its payback period is less than the alternatives). The discounted payback method finds the number of years required for the discounted cash inflows to cover the cost of the project. Based on the payback rule, an investment is acceptable if its calculated payback period is less ... ...
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