You are asked to recommend whether a firm should make or purchase product a. the following are data concerning the two options. for the purchase option, the firm can buy product a at $22 per unit. for the make option, the firm can produce product a based on the following cost estimation data. the firm has to pay a weekly rental payment of $30 comma 800 for the production facility. with the use of this facility, the firm also has to hire five operators to make product a. each operator works eight hours per day, five days per week at the rate of $14 per hour. in other words, the rental and labor expenses are fixed costs. the material cost for the make option is $15 per unit of product a. a. find a weekly amount of product a that provides the breakeven point for the firm. the breakeven point in this problem indicates the firm's indifference between purchasing or making product a. b. if the firm estimates the sale of product a to be 6 comma 600 units per week, should it make or purchase product a?

Examine the following book-value balance sheet for university products inc. the preferred stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays a dividend of $3 a share. the common stock sells for $16 per share and has a beta of 0.9. there are 2 million common shares outstanding. the market risk premium is 9%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. book-value balance sheet (figures in $ millions) assets liabilities and net worth cash and short-term securities $ 2.0 bonds, coupon = 6%, paid annually (maturity = 10 years, current yield to maturity = 8%) $ 5.0 accounts receivable 3.0 preferred stock (par value $15 per share) 3.0 inventories 7.0 common stock (par value $0.20) 0.4 plant and equipment 21.0 additional paid-in stockholders’ equity 13.6 retained earnings 11.0 total $ 33.0 total $ 33.0 a. what is the market debt-to-value ratio of the firm? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what is university’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Describe a real or made-up but possible example of a situation where an employee faces a conflict of interest. explain at least two things the company could do to make sure the employee won't be tempted into unethical behavior by that conflict of interest. (3.0 points)

Most economists report the elasticity of demand asa. the absolute value of the actual number.b. a negative number, since price and quantity demanded move in opposite directions.c. a percentage, since both the numerator and denominator are percentages.d. a dollar amount, since we are measuring the change in price.