We can imagine the financial manager doing several things on behalf of the firm’s stockholders. For example, the manager might do the following: a. Increase the firm's market value by investing in real assets.
b. Modify the firm’s investment plan to help shareholders achieve a particular time pattern of consumption.
c. Choose high- or low-risk assets to match shareholders’ risk preferences.
d. Help balance shareholders’ checkbooks.

While information systems can be used to gain a strategic advantage, they have inherent risks. hershey foods, for example, crippled its halloween sales when its complex is system failed to support its supply and inventory needs during peak production season. this is an example of which specific is risk

Ds unlimited has the following transactions during august. august 6 purchases 58 handheld game devices on account from gamegirl, inc., for $140 each, terms 2/10, n/60. august 7 pays $340 to sure shipping for freight charges associated with the august 6 purchase. august 10 returns to gamegirl three game devices that were defective. august 14 pays the full amount due to gamegirl. august 23 sells 38 game devices purchased on august 6 for $160 each to customers on account. the total cost of the 38 game devices sold is $5,448.51. required: record the transactions of ds unlimited, assuming the company uses a perpetual inventory system. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

On january 1, 2017, sophie's sunlounge owned 4 tanning beds valued at $20,000. during 2017, sophie's bought 3 new beds at a total cost of $14 comma 000, and at the end of the year the market value of all of sophie's beds was $24 comma 000. what was sophie's net investment