You must evaluate the purchase of a proposed spectrometer for the r& d department. the base price is $260,000, and it would cost another $65,000 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. the equipment falls into the macrs 3-year class and would be sold after 3 years for $65,000. the applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. the equipment would require a $13,000 increase in net operating working capital (spare parts inventory). the project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $70,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. the firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. what is the initial investment outlay for the spectrometer, that is, what is the year 0 project cash flow? round your answer to the nearest cent. negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign

Molander corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. data concerning the next month’s budget appear below: selling price per unit $ 29 variable expense per unit $ 14 fixed expense per month $ 12,450 unit sales per month 980 required: 1. what is the company’s margin of safety? (do not round intermediate calculations.) 2. what is the company’s margin of safety as a percentage of its sales? (round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places (i. e. 0.1234 should be entered as 12.

Identify the management, organization, and technology factors responsible for slow adoption rates of internal corporate social networks. when a company decides to launch a social networking program the management, all need to be on board with the launch. from the ceo down to the shift or assistant manager everyone needs to know its coming and be excited. the organization of such a launch needs to be mapped out, and training provided for the new systems. within the company, they need to make sure the technology at hand (computers, tablets, and company phones), are all compatible with the system. when a company launches a new system, and the find that the employees are not adopting it, they need to investigate the reasons. is the management at all level's onboard? did we organize the launch properly? do we have the right technology for the system? things can goeither way but if

Greater concern for innovation and quality has shifted the job trend to using more broadly defined jobs. t/f