Which types of input controls would best mitigate the following threats? 1. posting the amount of a sale to a customer account that does not exist. 2. a customer entering too many characters into the five‐digit zip code while making an online purchase, causing the server to crash. 3. an intern’s pay rate was entered as $150 per hour, not $15 per hour. 4. approving a customer order without the customer’s address so the order was not shipped on time. 5. entering the contract number of a critical contract as 13688 instead of 16388, which is a serious mistake to the company

Later movers do not face: entrenched competitors. reduced uncertainty over technologies. high growth markets. lower market uncertainty.

What is private equity investing? who participates in it and why? how is palamon positioned in the industry? how does private equity investing compare with public market investing? what are the similarities and differences between the two? why is palamon interested in teamsystem? does it fit with palamon’s investment strategy? how much is 51% of teamsystem’s common equity worth? use both a discounted cash flow and a multiple-based valuation to justify your recommendation. what complexities do cross-border deals introduce? what are the specific risks of this deal? what should louis elson recommend to his partners? is it a go or not? if it is a go, what nonprice terms are important? if it’s not a go, what counterproposal would you make?

Barney corporation recognized a $100 million preferred stock balance on 12/31/2019. on january 1, 2020, barney issued $10 million in preferred dividends. on the same date, barney raised an additional $20 million via a new issuance of preferred stock. on december 31, 2020, the market value of the original amount of preferred shares rose $5 million. under us gaap, the 12/31/2020 year ending preferred stock balance is: