In a recent annual report, lexmark, a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of printing and imaging solutions for offices and homes, made the following statement: "one of the most important metrics for lexmark is our hardware revenue growth because sales of hardware drive our future sales of supplies, which is the profit engine for lexmark." would lexmark’s hardware growth be considered a leading or a lagging indicator? why?

Blank is the internal operation that arranges information resources to support business performance and outcomes

Rossdale co. stock currently sells for $68.91 per share and has a beta of 0.88. the market risk premium is 7.10 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.91 percent annually. the company just paid a dividend of $3.57 per share, which it has pledged to increase at an annual rate of 3.25 percent indefinitely. what is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity?

Why is it easier for new entrants to get involved in radical innovations when compared to incumbent firms? a. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have to face the high entry barriers, initially. b. new entrants are embedded in an innovation ecosystem, while incumbent firms are not. c. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have formal organizational structures and processes. d. incumbent firms do not have the advantages of network effects that new entrants have.