Conflicts Between Two Mutually Exclusive Projects Occasionally Occur, Where the NPV

question 62

True/False

Conflicts between two mutually exclusive projects occasionally occur, where the NPV method ranks one project higher but the IRR method ranks the other one first.In theory, such conflicts should be resolved in favor of the project with the higher positive NPV.

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