NewTech Systems

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Discussion Board 4

1.NewTech Systems is a very successful medical instrument company. Recently, the company was approached by a smaller company, JIT, Inc., that is developing and selling a device that acts as an artificial pancreas for diabetics. Explain how NewTech Systems might use the corporate venture capital structure to support this company, including the reasons why you feel the company would do such a thing.

2.JP Products, Inc. has gathered data to evaluate the attractiveness of a potential project. The company knows the cash flows expected under different scenarios. It has conducted a focus group that ranks various product attributes, and it has the ranking of various marketing techniques provided by a consulting company. What method should JP Products use to evaluate this project? Explain why you think this method is the best one to use.