Mary Alice just won the lottery and is trying to decide between the options of receiving the annual cash flow payment option of $270,000 per year for 20 years beginning today, or receiving one lump-sum amount today. Mary Alice can earn 4% investing this money. At what lump-sum payment amount would she be indifferent between the two alternatives?

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

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Before setting your prices, it's wise to a. subtract your profit margin from your costs. b. research industry standards. c. memorize the formula for cost plus. d. ignore your competitors' prices.