Suppose Nike's managers were considering expanding into producing sports beverages. Why might the company decide to do this under the Nike brand name? The cost of producing sports beverages along with its current products under the Nike brand name is less than the cost of producing sports beverages under a new brand name plus the cost of producing Nike's current products under the Nike brand name. The cost of producing sports beverages along with its current products under the Nike brand name is greater than the cost of producing sports beverages separately under a new brand name plus the cost of producing Nike's current products under the Nike brand name.

Te correct answer is the first option: The cost of producing sports beverages along with its current products under the Nike brand name is less than the cost of producing sports beverages under a new brand name plus the cost of producing Nike's current products under the Nike brand name

Explanation:

To begin with, the fact that the managers are looking forward to expand the business and to aggregate sports beverages indicates that the company is doing good in the sales and therefore they have margin to invest in a plan like that. Secondly, the fact that they do it under Nike's name will cost them less than doing it otherwise due the fact that they will not have to pay for a new name and all the registrations and patents that the strategy involves. They will only need to register the new product and even more they would have all the marketing campaign focus on the same audience and will find strength in using the brand and name of Nike for that, in terms of publicity.

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.