Your company is trying to decide which one of two projects it should accept. Both projects have the same start-up costs. Project 1 will produce annual cash flows of $52 000 at the end of each year for six years. Project 2 will produce cash flows of $39 000 at the beginning of each year for eight years. The company requires a 15% return. Required:

a. Which project should the company select and why?

b. Which project should the company select if the interest rate is 12% at the cash flows in Project 2 is also at the end of each year?

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be:

Identify whether the statements are true or false by dragging and dropping the appropriate term into the bin provided. long-run economic growth is unlikely to be sustainable because of finite natural resources. in the modern economy, countries that possess few domestic natural resources essentially have no chance to develop economically. finding alternatives to natural resources will be very important to long-term economic growth. in the modern economy, human and physical capital are generally less important in productivity than natural resources. in the 19th century, countries with the highest per capita gdp were nearly always abundant in minerals and productive farming land.

Sole proprietorships produce more goods and services than does any other form of business organization.