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Your firm needs to invest in a new delivery truck.The life expectancy of the delivery truck is five years.You can purchase a new delivery truck for an upfront cost of $200,000,or you can lease a truck from the manufacturer for five years for a monthly lease payment of $4000 (paid at the end of each month).Your firm can borrow at 6% APR with quarterly compounding.
-Should you purchase the delivery truck or lease it? Why?

Comprehend the concept of collection and disbursement floats and their impact on firm's cash management.

Apply the BAT and Miller-Orr models to determine optimal cash balance strategies.

Analyze the cost-benefit of implementing lockbox systems to reduce collection time.

Calculate the present and net present value of the float under different conditions.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, without direct instruction.

Associative Learning

Learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning).

Protective Withdrawal

A defense mechanism where an individual retreats or isolates themselves from situations or interactions perceived as threatening or overwhelming.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.