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What exactly am I supposed to do when asked conduct a break even analysis of a mall or a feasibility analysis of a mall

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Hello! Precisely for the high amount of questions (1) asked by my coachees and students and (2) present in this Q&A, I created the “Math & Formulas - Economic and Financial concepts for MBB interviews”, recently ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Break-Even Cases

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Hi Abdel, Just look for “profitability” in the case library search box. You will find several cases.  As Ian mentioned, I suggest you work with peers or a coach to get the best of your casing practice with external feed ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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A math question, please help out!

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Hi there, I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: Yes, your calculation is correct. Generally speaking, with promotions, you first need to understand current profitability level, adjust the profitability formula fo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Accounting vs. NPV Break-Even - Which is better?

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The break-even calculation: do we want to consider timeline of break-even

A DSL Provider break-even analysis
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Hello! Precisely for the high amount of questions (1) asked by my coachees and students and (2) present in this Q&A, I created the “Math & Formulas - Economic and Financial concepts for MBB interviews”, recently ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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NPV vs. ROI; IRR or Break-even: which should I use?

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Hi there, Q: Can any of you advise, with solid justifications, the appropriate case scenarios to use specific metrics of financial evaluation? As simple as it sounds, you should use the one required by the client.  Some ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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How do you find the breakeven point in price?

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Hi, BE(0) = (Price - Variable costs)*Qty - Fixed costs So you need to plug in VC, FC, and quantity of units sold. Best
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Break even question

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Hi there, I think this is an interesting question that may be relevant for many people. I would be happy to share my thoughts on it: Given the question is whether to have 1 or 5 distribution centers, it's enough to see ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Difficulty in understanding what accumulated profits mean in the context of this graph; case interview math

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Hi there, Here’s my take on your question: What I did not understand: when we can already see that for Y2, increase in profits from year 1 is 2M, which is equal to the value of our investment; why are we calculating the ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Determining Whether a Venture is Worthwhile

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Breakeven is not the best way to determine this... NPV is because it take into account Cost of Equity/Capital, Hurdle Rates, etc. etc. Take a look here:; https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/net-present- ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Break even calculation

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Hello, Your formula is the right one to calculate the "break even volume", the volume that would cover your fixed costs. Anyway the break even calculation is a broader concept and you can think of it as of the minimu ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Case Challenge: Pharmaceutical Company, R&D Pipeline Value, Successful Rate

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Hello Jing, This is a nice example of how you can use the "Expected value" theory. Let me try to clarify the solution: The value of a successfull candidate drug is 1.2 B$ What is the expected value of a drug s ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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Hi Guys, Does anyone samples of Capital One Case Study Interviews for Sr. Business Analyst positions

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Anonymous, Case questions will obviously depend on the interviewer and the group you are trying to join. When I looked st the credit card side for example, I was given credit card related questions. In general, I'd ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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BREAK EVEN POINT=N. OF YEARS

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Payback period = investment costs / cash flow per year (revenue-costs) = how many years you need to get back what you invested Break-even in years = fixed costs = (revenues - variable costs) = at what year you will ac ... (ganze Antwort lesen)
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