Cleveland Millicrum is considering when to harvest its moldy bread supply for an

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Cleveland Millicrum is considering when to harvest its moldy bread supply for antibiotics. It has calculated that the current NPV dollars for harvesting the bread are increasing according to the following schedule. When should the firm harvest the bread? The cost of capital for the firm is 14 percent.

NPV increase if harvested next year over that of harvesting now          25%     
NPV increase if harvested year 2 over that of harvesting year 1            20%
NPV increase if harvested year 3 over that of harvesting year 2            17%
NPV increase if harvested year 4 over that of harvesting year 3            13%
NPV increase if harvested year 5 over that of harvesting year 4            10%

                     

                            
           Harvest now                             
           Harvest year 2                             
           Harvest year 3                             
           Harvest year 4

Explanation / Answer

Harvest year 3

as 17% > 14% and year 3, 13% < 14%

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