Nakia is trying to decide how to structure her business. She knows that it is important for her to make money selling hair care products to people who care about the environment. Which of the following would you recommend based on her business goals? a) Make hair products that hurt the environment, and donate any extra money to non-profits
b) Write a mission statement that says her hair care line is sustainable, even if it isn’t
c) Start a non-profit organization that helps the environment
d) Sell a sustainable hair care product and work to be certified as a benefit-corporation

Gemini inc.'s optimal cash transfer amount, using the baumol model, is $60,000. the firm's fixed cost per cash transfer of marketable securities to cash is $180, and the total cash needed for transactions annually is $960,000. on what opportunity cost of holding cash was this analysis based?

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

When you hire an independent contractor you don't have to pay the contractors what