Select the correct answer.

john is appointed as the finance head of a company in 2015. currently, the company has about 60 employees. what can john do to avail tax credits over the cost of insurance of his employees?

a: register as a user on the shop marketplace
b: buy insurance plans through the shop marketplace
c: buy insurance through a registered agency
d: provide complete health benefits to all employees

You are a team of marketing consultants. it is 2008 and the great recession has struck. one of your clients is whole foods market (sometimes known as whole paycheck). wfm has come to you and asked for strategic advice on how to adapt their product and pricing strategies in light of the economic downturn: 1. advise wfm on the various approaches that could be taken to reducing price. be sure to consider potential psychological impact of price reductions on wfm consumers. 2. based on the options outlined in part 1, recommend an approach and support with marketing theory.

You are considering the purchase of one of two machines used in your manufacturing plant. machine 1 has a life of two years, costs $20,000 initially, and then $4,000 per year in maintenance costs. machine 2 costs $25,000 initially, has a life of three years, and requires $3,500 in annual maintenance costs. either machine must be replaced at the end of its life with an equivalent machine. using eac which is the better machine for the firm

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?