Office plus, an office supply store, ordered 600 blank cds from curtis co., a manufacturer of computer products. office plus placed the order using a preprinted purchase order from; curtis acknowledged the order by sending a preprinted acceptance form back to office plus. unlike office plus' form which says nothing about packaging curtis's form specifies that the cds will be packaged in cases of 10 cds per box, 10 boxes per case. which statement is correct?
a. the ucc does not cover computer cds.
b. curtis's packaging term is a different term which materially changes the offer. there is no contract.
c. curtis's packaging term is an additional term and therefore a part of the contract unless office plus promptly objects to the term.
d. the ucc does not cover the contract because both parties are merchants.

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.