Purple Hedgehog Forestry Corporation has generated earnings of $240,000,000. Its target capital structure consists of 60% equity and 40% debt. Its plans to spend $83,000,000 on capital projects over the next year and expects to finance this investment in the same proportion as its capital structure The company makes distributions in the form of dividends. Purple Hedgehog Forestry is considering using more equity and less debt in its capital structure. Which of these statements best describes how this will affect the firm's annual dividend, assuming that all other factors are held constant?

a. Purple Hedgehog Forestry will pay a smaller annual dividend if it goes forward with this decision.
b. Purple Hedgehog Forestry's annual dividend will be greater if it goes forward with this decision.

Which of the following are considered needs? check all that apply

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.

There are three factors that can affect the shape of the treasury yield curve (r* t , ip t , and mrp t ) and five factors that can affect the shape of the corporate yield curve (r* t , ip t , mrp t , drp t , and lp t ). the yield curve reflects the aggregation of the impacts from these factors. suppose the real risk-free rate and inflation rate are expected to remain at their current levels throughout the foreseeable future. consider all factors that affect the yield curve. then identify which of the following shapes that the us treasury yield curve can take. check all that apply.a. downward-sloping yield curveb. upward-sloping yield curvec. inverted yield curve