Consider this simplified balance sheet for geomorph trading: current assets $ 275 current liabilities $ 210 long-term assets 650 long-term debt 205 other liabilities 120 equity 390 $ 925 $ 925 a. what is the company’s debt-equity ratio?

Banana computers has decided to procure processing chips required for its laptops from external suppliers instead of manufacturing them in their own facilities. how will this decision affect the firm? a. the firm will be protected against the principal-agent problem. b. the firm's administrative costs will be low because of necessary bureaucracy. c. the firm will have more flexibility in purchasing and comparing prices of goods and services. d. the firm will have high-powered incentives, such as hourly wages and salaries.