Now that you've delivered the bad news to Kenisha that the Radio-DRM prototype will not be going into production, it's time to give her information about the reasons why the prototype was rejected. You have identified three major issues with respect to the prototype:

Consumers in the focus groups perceived the product to be too complicated and not user-friendly.
Production costs of the product are too high versus the price consumers appear to be willing to pay.
Consumers in the focus group objected to the size of the unit.
In which order do you believe you should address these issues with Kenisha? (Please note: No points are assigned to this question, and there is no incorrect answer. This will simply determine your perception of the priority these issues.)

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u. s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht. a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?