Please compare two countries, Slovenia and Latvia, and select one country out of the two for entry based on the group project case assigned to your team. In your analyses, relevant macroeconomic information of both countries need to be provided and compared (refer to the CIA and IMF data bases); Relevant geographical and cultural information of both countries need to be provided and compared (refer to the Europa pdf files); Relevant rankings of Doing Business (DB) for both countries need to be provided and compared (refer to the World Bank DB rankings); Two countries' local competitive situations need to be provided and compared (refer to the section of "Inside the wireless markets of Slovenia and Latvia" on the case). The final selection needs to be clearly shown.

The next dividend payment by savitz, inc., will be $2.08 per share. the dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 6 percent forever. if the stock currently sells for $42 per share, what is the required return?

Corporations with suppliers, vendors, and customers all over the globe are referred to as : a) global corporations b) international corporations c) multinational corporations d) multicultural corporations

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)