1. Boston Consulting Group (BGG) believes that the use of advanced robotics in manufacturing will: a. drive a 10 to 30 percent increase in manufacturing.
b. drive labor costs up.
c. become less important over time.
d. cause more global plants to be built.
2. What will be required of the workforce to use robotics?
a. To have at least two years of college.
b. To learn new skills.
c. To work more hours.
d. To retire at an earlier age.

Last week, linda's commission check was $84. if she earns a 12.5% commission on sales, what were her total sales?

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

As sales exceed the break‑even point, a high contribution‑margin percentage (a) increases profits faster than does a low contribution-margin percentage (b) increases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (c) decreases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (d) increases profits slower than does a low contribution-margin percentage