Rosina has recently developed a highly original computer program that, she claims, will revolutionize the practice of landscape architecture. She has been advised by a consultant that marketing the software is likely to be a highly profitable venture. However to develop and market the project will require working capital, which Rosina does not have. Fortunately her uncle, Bartolo, has agreed to put $100,000.00 of his savings into the project. With the held of a lawyer friend (who has advised them that they should each obtain independent legal advice), they have worked out a rough structure for their project, as follows: a) They will form a corporation, of which they will be the sole shareholders; b) Rosina will assign her copyright in the program to the corporation and will work full-time in developing and marketing it; c) Bartolo will contribute $100,000.00 in cash as working capital and will participate in major management decisions but will not be responsible for the day-to-day running of the business. Since Rosina will be giving up a fairly well-paid job in order to develop the new business, she is concerned that she should not be left entirely without income during the initial period (when there would be no sales revenue). In turn, Bartolo would like there to be some sort of guarantee of a reasonable return of income on his investment. Rosina should:

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.

Managers in a firm hired to improve the firm's profitability and ultimately the shareholders' value will add to the overall costs if they pursue their own self-interests. what does this best illustrate? a. diseconomies of scale b. principal-agent problem c. experience-curveeffects d. information asymmetries

Beranek corp has $720,000 of assets, and it uses no debt--it is financed only with common equity. the new cfo wants to employ enough debt to raise the debt/assets ratio to 40%, using the proceeds from borrowing to buy back common stock at its book value. how much must the firm borrow to achieve the target debt ratio? a. $273,600b. $288,000c. $302,400d. $317,520e. $333,396