Afirm has a cost of debt of 7.5 percent and a cost of equity of 16.2 percent. the debt-equity ratio is 0.45. there are no taxes. what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital

Suppose that a firm is considering moving from a batch process to an assembly-line process to better meet evolving market needs. what concerns might the following functions have about this proposed process change: marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, and information systems?

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?

The era of venture capitalists doling out large sums of money to startups is a. just beginning b. on the rise c. over d. fading