Given the following, compute the before tax cost of debt: The par value of the firms outstanding 20 year 8% annual coupon debt is 1,000 and the debt currently has a market value of 800. The firm's tax rate is 30%. The current dividend (just paid) is 2.00. The dividend growth rate is 3%. The current stock price is 20.00. New equity flotation costs are 10%. The risk free rate is 4%. The market risk premium (Market return - Risk free rate) is 6%. The security beta is 2.

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure