At the Olympics, American "dream teams" have frequently failed to win the gold medal. The teams usually have a lot of great players who are not comfortable sharing the spot light. This is an example of decreasing cohesiveness due to
a. Intragroup competition
b. Large group size
c. Disagreement on goals
d. Unpleasant experiences
e. Domination by one member

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

Brian has just finished college. he wants to set up a small business to make and sell fireworks. he registers his company and acquires a license from the government. he finds that most of his competitors are selling fireworks at an extremely low price. he would like to make more money, so he decides to innovate and develop better fireworks. he sells his fireworks at a higher price, and they are a huge hit with the customers. after a few years, he earns enough profit to set up a bigger fireworks factory that complies with the government’s health and safety regulations. he even starts exporting fireworks overseas. which type of economy does this scenario describe?

Which of the following will be a source of cash flows for a shareholder of a certain stock? i. sale of the shares at a future date ii. the firm in which the shares are held paying out cash to shareholders in the form of dividends iii. the firm in which the shares are held increasing the total number of shares outstanding through a stock split