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In a sense, NPV is showing a value of given investment as against a competitor competition in the form of the available market investment opportunities
NPV dictates that commercial project should not only be just profitable but instead should be on par with or more profitable than easily available investment alternatives
The corporate investment policy usually dictates that:
investment projects with negative NPV should be rejected
investment projects with hgiher NPV should have a financing priority over the projects with lower NPV