Consider the market for taxi services. In order to own and operate a taxi, drivers are required to obtain a taxi medallion. Which of the following best explains the barriers to entry that exist in this scenario? Legal barriers Exclusive ownership of a necessary resource Economies of scale

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and bondholders? a) compensating managers with stock options, b) financing risky projects with additional debt, c) the threat of hostile takeovers, d) the use of covenants in bond agreements that limit the firm's use of additional debt and constrain managers actions, e) abolishing the security and exchange commission

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

With q7 assume the sweet company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. and for q 10,11,13,and 14,assume that the company use department predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation bade in both departements.7. assume that sweeten company used cost-plus pricing (and a markup percentage of 80% of total manufacturing cost) to establish selling prices for all of its jobs. what selling price would the company have established for jobs p and q? what are the selling prices for both jobs when stated on a per unit basis assuming 20 units were produced for job p and 30 units were produced for job q? (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.)total price for the job for job p -job q selling price per unit for job p q . how much manufacturing overhead was applied from the molding department to job p and how much was applied to job q? (do not round intermediate calculations.) job p job q manufacturing overhead applied for job p for job q . how much manufacturing overhead was applied from the fabrication department to job p and how much was applied to job q? (do not round intermediate calculations.)job p job q manufacturing overhead applied for job p for job q . if job q included 30 units, what was its unit product cost? (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)14. assume that sweeten company used cost-plus pricing (and a markup percentage of 80% of total manufacturing cost) to establish selling prices for all of its jobs. what selling price would the company have established for jobs p and q? what are the selling prices for both jobs when stated on a per unit basis assuming 20 units were produced for job p and 30 units were produced for job q? (do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answer to nearest whole dollar.)total price for the job p for job q selling price per unit for job p for job q