Why is it important to start investing earlier in ones life?

Organizational portfolio plan, the final phase of the strategic planning process, involves? a. identifying strategic business units (sbus) and establishing methods to determine how resources should be allocated among the various sbus. b. designing marketing mix strategies c. setting organizational objectives d. creating organizational strategies

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows:

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?