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Assessing Capital Projects Berkshire Hathaway
Write a 750-1000 word paper. In your paper include the following:
- Research your organization and find capital projects your company (Berkshire Hathaway) has completed in the last 5 to 10 years. Explain the project assessment methods the organization should have used to assess these projects (IRR, NPV, payback, and ARR). What are the advantages and drawbacks to using each one?
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Running head: ASSESSING CAPITAL PROJECTS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Assessing Capital Projects Berkshire Hathaway
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ASSESSING CAPITAL PROJECTS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Capital Projects carried out by Berkshire Hathaway in the last 5-10 years
Barshop, (2016) argues that capital projects are various long-term investments that are
aimed at either building, adding or improving a specific project. Usually, capital projects require
high capital investments both in terms of finance and labour requirements to meet the various
objectives of such projects. Some examples of such projects includes infrastructure projects
including construction of railways, roads and dams, buildings, land and power plants. Over the
last 5-10 years, Berkshire Hathaway has been involved in various capital projects. Berkshire
Hathaway’s investments have mainly been attributed to decisions made by Warren Buffet and
the investment managers working for the company. This has meant that the investment decisions
made by the company are good and have good returns on investment.
Some of the projects that the company has invested in the last 5-10 years are mainly in
the energy industries where the company has mainly focused on renewable energy generation
projects mainly through its subsidiary companies. One project that the company has carried out
during the last 10 years is the Topaz Solar Star Project. This is a $2.5B project which started in
2011. The project is the world largest solar farm and it produces 550 megawatts of...
