Beth Shields, president of Dover Travel Company, a travel agency, is seeking a method of evaluating her seven branches. Each branch vice president is authorized to hire employees and devise competitive strategies for the branch territory. Ms. Shields wonders which of the following three different measures would be most suitable: return on investment, operating income, or return on sales (operating income divided by sales). Required: In your own words describe the purposes of the three measures (Note: a description is not the equation in words). Using the concept of controllability, advise Ms. Shields about the best performance measure. Explain in detail.

Balance sheet the assets of dallas & associates consist entirely of current assets and net plant and equipment. the firm has total assets of $2 5 million and net plant and equipment equals $2 million. it has notes payable of $150,000, long-term debt of $750,000, and total common equity of $1 5 million. the firm does have accounts payable and accruals on its balance sheet. the firm only finances with debt and common equity, so it has no preferred stock on its balance sheet. a. what is the company's total debt? b. what is the amount of total liabilities and equity that appears on the firm's balance sheet? c. what is the balance of current assets on the firm's balance sheet? d. what is the balance of current liabilities on the firm's balance sheet? e. what is the amount of accounts payable and accruals on its balance sheet? [hint: consider this as a single line item on the firm's balance sheet.] f. what is the firm's net working capital? g. what is the firm's net operating working capital? h. what is the explanation for the difference in your answers to parts f and g?

Prepare journal entries for each transaction and identify the financial statement impact of each entry. the financial statements are automatically generated based on the journal entries recorded. apr. 1 tanner invested $80,000 cash along with office equipment valued at $26,000 in the company in exchange for common stock.apr. 2 the company prepaid $9,000 cash for 12 months' rent for office space. the company's policy is record prepaid expenses in balance sheet accounts.apr. 3 the company made credit purchases for $8,000 in office equipment and $3,600 in office supplies. payment is due within 10 days.apr. 6 the company completed services for a client and immediately received $4,000 cash.apr. 9 the company completed a $6,000 project for a client, who must pay within 30 days.apr. 13 the company paid $11,600 cash to settle the account payable created on april 3.apr. 19 the company paid $2,400 cash for the premium on a 12-month insurance policy. the company's policy is record prepaid expenses in balance sheet accounts.apr. 22 the company received $4,400 cash as partial payment for the work completed on april 9.apr. 25 the company completed work for another client for $2,890 on credit.apr. 28 the company paid $5,500 cash in dividends.apr. 29 the company purchased $600 of additional office supplies on credit.apr. 30 the company paid $435 cash for this month's utility bill.

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.