Assume that you are an investor considering purchasing all the capital stock of one or both of the companies. For which business would you be willing to pay the higher price? Do you see any indication of a financial crisis that you might face shortly after buying either company? Explain your answer fully. (For either decision, additional information would be useful, but you are to reach your decision on the basis of the information available.)

Waterway company’s record of transactions for the month of april was as follows. purchases sales april 1 (balance on hand) 672 @ $6.00 april 3 560 @ $11.00 4 1,680 @ 6.08 9 1,568 @ 11.00 8 896 @ 6.41 11 672 @ 12.00 13 1,344 @ 6.51 23 1,344 @ 12.00 21 784 @ 6.61 27 1,008 @ 13.00 29 560 @ 6.79 5,152 5,936 (a) calculate average-cost per unit. (b) assuming that periodic inventory records are kept in units only, compute the inventory at april 30 using lifo and average-cost. (c) assuming that perpetual inventory records are kept in dollars, determine the inventory using (1) fifo and (2) lifo. (d) compute cost of goods sold assuming periodic inventory procedures and inventory priced at fifo.

Aprimary advantage of organizing economic activity within firms is thea. ability to coordinate highly complex tasks to allow for specialized division of labor. b. low administrative costs because of reduced bureaucracy. c. eradication of the principal-agent problem. d. high-powered incentive to work as salaried employees for an existing firm.

Choose a well-known company that you know of, and describe its direct and indirect competitors. choose a well-known company that you know of, and describe its direct and indirect competitors. describe at least three direct competitors and three indirect competitors.at least three direct competitors and three indirect competitors.