Hans grouper, president of grouper corp., believes that it is a good practice for a company to maintain a constant payout of dividends relative to its earnings. last year, net income was $560,000, and the corporation paid $100,800 in dividends. this year, due to some unusual circumstances, the corporation had income of $1,410,000. hans expects next year’s net income to be about $660,000.

a. what was grouper corporation's payout ratio last year?
b. if it is to maintain the same payout ratio, what amount of dividends would it pay this year?

Afreelance​ singer-songwriter is planning the restoration of a recently purchased civil​ war-era farmhouse. while he professes an enjoyment​ of, and talent in the construction​ trades, the theory of comparative advantage implies that a. the value of what he imports​ (in this​ case, professional contractor​ services) must equal the value of what he exports​ (songs). b. he should concentrate on the restoration work since his​ out-of-pocket costs will be much lower than if he hires professionals. c. ​self-sufficiency is​ advantageous, hence he should split his time between music and construction. d. the income lost while away from music will likely exceed the savings realized by doing the work​ himself, thus, he should hire professionals to do the restoration work. e. he ought to do as much of the work himself as possible since imports​ (in this​ case, professional contractor​ services) should always be restricted to those things that cannot be done internall

The lee family is looking to buy a house in one of two suburban areas just outside of a major city, and air quality is a top priority for them. overall air quality is calculated by taking measures in 100 locations within each suburb and then calculating a measure of central tendency. in one suburb, there is a major bus station that creates very poor air quality at its location but has no impact in the surrounding parts of the suburb. in this situation, which measure of overall suburb air quality would be most useful?

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?