Classify each of the investments in assets as either permanent or temporary: a. A seasonal increase in a card shop's inventory of Valentine cards.
b. The acquisition of a new forklift truck that is expected to have a useful life of five years.
c. An increase in accounts receivable resulting from an expansion in the film s customer base.

Acompany recorded a check in its accounting records as $87. however, the check was actually written for $78 and it cleared the bank as $78. what adjustment is needed to the personal statement? a. decrease by $9 b. increase by $9 c. decrease by $18 d. increase by $9

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?