• Q : Accounts receivable problem....
    Finance Basics :

    You sat in the CEO chair and studies real world hospital accounts receivable problem with your team, and came up with a process improvement plan to reduce days in accounts receivable and improve cash

  • Q : Create a list of financial-based guidelines....
    Finance Basics :

    Create a list of financial-based guidelines that you should follow when selecting which of these two companies to invest in.

  • Q : Determining the break-even point in units....
    Finance Basics :

    You are employed as a financial analyst for a single-product manufacturing firm. Your supervisor has made the following cost structure information available to you, all of which pertains to an output

  • Q : Computing monthly car payment....
    Finance Basics :

    You want to buy a new sports coupe for $49,500, and the finance office at the dealership has quoted you a 10.0 percent APR (This is an annual rate. Divide it by 12 to get a monthly rate) loan for 48 m

  • Q : Estimate the balance in the investment account....
    Finance Basics :

    On January 4, 2006, Watts Co. purchased 40,000 shares (40%) of the common stock of Adams Corp., paying $800,000. There was no goodwill or other cost allocation associated with the investment. 

  • Q : Calculating contribution margin ratio....
    Finance Basics :

    For a recent year, Wicker Company had the following sales and expenses, Assume that the variable costs consist of food and packaging, payroll, and 40% of the general, selling, and administrative expen

  • Q : Discuss and define hris....
    Finance Basics :

    Write a briefing memo to convince the management to invest in a new HRIS. Imagine you are the head of the HR department in a company. Your department plans to propose an HRIS initiative to management.

  • Q : Calculating the cost of the preferred stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Taylor Systems has just issued preferred stock. The stock has a 12% annual dividend and a $100 par value and was sold at $97.50 per share. In addition, flotation costs of $2.50 per share must be paid.

  • Q : Compute the operating breakeven point....
    Finance Basics :

    Given the prices and cost data shown in the accompanying table for each of the three firms, F, G, and H, answer the following questions.

  • Q : Determine the correlation coefficient....
    Finance Basics :

    Recall that the correlation coefficient is a single value that captures the direction and extent of linear association between 2 random variables (securities).

  • Q : Describe the substance over form concept....
    Finance Basics :

    Arthur Young was criticized for not encouraging Lincoln to invoke the substance-over-form principle when accounting for its large real estate transactions. Briefly describe the substance over form con

  • Q : Discuss importance of retained earnings....
    Finance Basics :

    How can a finance manager increase earnings without increasing sales/prices or reducing expenses? Why are retained earnings important?

  • Q : Determine after tax cash flow from the sale....
    Finance Basics :

    Consider an asset that costs $237,600 and is depreciated straight-line to zero over its 6-year tax life. The asset is to be used in a 2-year project; at the end of the project, the asset can be sold f

  • Q : Calculating npv for an investment proposal....
    Finance Basics :

    Summer Tyme, Inc., is considering a new 3-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.754 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its 3

  • Q : Calculate goodwill value....
    Finance Basics :

    The equipment has an estimated useful life of 5 years and an estimated residual value of $25,000. The current year end is 12/31/10. Breaker records depreciation to the nearest month.

  • Q : Calculate premium amount charged by insurance company....
    Finance Basics :

    The manager of a life insurance company is trying to decide what annual premium to charge a group of policyholders, each of whom has just received his or her 40th birthday.

  • Q : Determining expected inflation rate....
    Finance Basics :

    According to the Fisher effect, if the real interest rate is 3 percent and the nominal interest rate is 8 percent, what rate of inflation is the financial marketplace expecting?

  • Q : Various stakeholders in a publicly traded corporation....
    Finance Basics :

    Who are the various stakeholders in a publicly traded corporation, and why is communication of financial reports important to them? What is the impact on various stakeholders if financial reports are

  • Q : Integrative negotiation techniques....
    Finance Basics :

    Assume you are a manager over operations and it is budget season. You have been trying for two years to receive approval for two full-time employees.

  • Q : Pros and cons of hedging versus not hedging the risk....
    Finance Basics :

    Describe some techniques that fall under this concept that could help you deal with an anticipated price increase. Describe the pros and cons of hedging versus not hedging the risk. Use an example whe

  • Q : Calculate the firm operating breakeven in dollars....
    Finance Basics :

    RL Corp. sells its finished product for an average of $35 per unit with a variable cost per unit of $21. The company has fixed operating costs of $1,050,000.

  • Q : Determine expected standard deviation of portfolio return....
    Finance Basics :

    Glory (50% of his portfolio is in each stock. Each stock's expected return for the next year will depend on market conditions. The stock's expected returns if there are poor, average, or great market

  • Q : Computing the budgeted profit at the expected volume....
    Finance Basics :

    A division of Hewlett-Packard Company changed its production operations from one where a large labor force assembled electronic components to an automated production facility dominated by computer-con

  • Q : Calculate the deducted amount....
    Finance Basics :

    Kimberly is a self-employed taxpayer. She recently spent $1,000 for airfare to travel to Italy. What amount of the airfare is she allowed to deduct in each of the following alternative scenarios?

  • Q : Computing cost of preferred stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Bennington is considering issuing shares of perpetual preferred stock. The preferred stock would have a face value of $100 per share and pay a fixed annual dividend of $7.20 per share.

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