2. Why is the finance department of a company important?

A jewelry firm buys semiprecious stones to make bracelets and rings. The supplier quotes a price of $8.20 per stone for quantities of 600 stones or more, $8.60 per stone for orders of 400 to 599 stones, and $9.10 per stone for lesser quantities.

Tucker Corporation is planning to issue new 20-year bonds. The current plan is to make the bonds non-callable, but this may be changed.

Some international management experts contend that globalization and national responsiveness are completely opposed forces, and that to accommodate one, a multinational must relax its efforts in the other.

You have determined that an OCF of $142,098 will result in a zero net present value for a project, which is the minimum requirement for project acceptance. The fixed costs are $418,000 and the contribution margin per unit is $87.20.

Bee Hive Farms ordered some ventilated suits from Martin. Both are merchants. Martin sent Bee Hive Farms an invoice, which stated that a certain charge would be added to any unpaid bills. The set charge was a common percentage in the industry.

Assume the top six firms comprising an industry have market shares of 10, 8, 8, 5, 5, and 4 percent. The remaining 20 firms each have market shares of 2 percent. The Herfindahl index for this industry is

Andre, the floor manager of a packing plant, is under pressure from his boss to increase productivity. He circulates a memo telling all of his workers that they need to increase the number of units packed each hour.

What are the two main purposes that companies use social media?

Which account will give you least access to your money?

You decide to start a business selling covers for smart phones in a mall kiosk. to buy inventory, you need to borrow some funds. why are you more likely to take out a bank loan than to issue bonds