The marketplace being a competitive battlefield is primarily due to A. the efforts of industry incumbents to lower cost products/services at a faster rate than their rivals. B. the constant rivalry of firms to strengthen buyer patronage among competing sellers of a product or service, in order to win a competitive edge over rivals. C. the ongoing race among rivals to achieve the fastest rate of growth in revenues and profits. D. the ability of industry rivals to build strong defenses against the industry's driving forces. E. the ongoing efforts of industry members to introduce innovative products/services as fast followers into the marketplace.

Fanning books buys books and magazines directly from publishers and distributes them to grocery stores. the wholesaler expects to purchase the following inventory: april may june required purchases (on account) $ 111,000 $ 131,000 $ 143,000 fanning books accountant prepared the following schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases. fanning books suppliers require that 85 percent of purchases on account be paid in the month of purchase; the remaining 15 percent are paid in the month following the month of purchase. required complete the schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases by filling in the missing amounts. determine the amount of accounts payable the company will report on its pro forma balance sheet at the end of the second quarter.

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Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?