Ed needs to take out a loan for $7,000 to purchase a car. his bank has offered him a loan at 10.0% interest, compounded monthly, for 36 months or 10.5% interest, compounded monthly, for 24 months. ed’s goal is to save as much money as possible by the time he pays off the loan. which of the following statements best describes what ed should be thinking?
a. since the monthly payment for the 36 month loan is lower, this loan will save more.
b. since the monthly payment for the 24 month loan is lower, this loan will save more.
c. since the finance charge for the 36 month loan is lower, this loan will save more.
d. since the finance charge for the 24 month loan is lower, this loan will save more.

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

Aproduct has a demand of 4000 units per year. ordering cost is $20, and holding cost is $4 per unit per year. the cost-minimizing solution for this product is to order: ? a. 200 units per order. b. all 4000 units at one time. c. every 20 days. d. 10 times per year. e. none of the above

Describe what fixed costs and marginal costs mean to a company.