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Marketing The following are estimates using the NPV calculator: Expected Commercial Value (NPV) $11,099,275 Probability of Commercial Success Probability of Technical Success Discount Rate Cashflows FY13 FY Development Costs $2,000,000 $1,000,000 Launch and Marketing Costs $1,200,000 Forecasted Units Sold $5,200 Forecasted Revenue (Unit Sales Price x Units Sold ) $2,080,000 Discounted Cashflows (10-Year) Calculated NPV Income $22,200,816 NPV Development Costs $3,720,341 NPV Launch and Marketing Costs $2,941,037 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 $400,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $100,000 $800,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $150,000 $9,000 $11,000 $10,000 $8,600 $7,400 $3,600,000 $4,400,000 $4,000,000 $3,440,000 $2,960,000 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 $100,000 $50,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $6,600 $5,800 $5,200 $4,800 $2,640,000 $2,320,000 $2,080,000 $1,920,000 1b. The probability commercial success was an assumed input, a constant. It was 0.8. This figure went into the Expected Commercial Value calculation, which was the NPV multiplied by the probability

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In the first half of the 20th century, the globalization of business was based on the Western model. Headquarters, functions, and capital were in one place, with managers sent to run regional operations as if they were colonies. In the second half of the 1900s, organizations began to adopt the multinational model, duplicating their home country operations in other places where conducting business. According to a Conference Board and Focus