Simone lowes, a successful retail chain from spain, failed to establish its market in germany. the main reasons for its failure were designing its retail outlets in germany the same way it did in spain and selling its products at low prices. people in spain like to purchase products at bargain prices, whereas people in germany often associate low prices with poor quality products. this shows that simone lowes failed to consider which uncontrollable factors in germany?

Wanda has graduated from community university (cu) and after nine months has failed to find a job. she graduated with a degree in business, and her college was aacsb accredited. (aacsb accreditation is a specialized accreditation for business schools that evidences a quality program.) in her complaint, she alleges that four years of school and tuition should guarantee a job in the field of study and states that she wants her money back. at no time did cu guarantee job placement, either through express or implied statements. wanda does not disagree with this but still thinks that she was wronged and that it is unfair to graduate and not get a job automatically. cu will be successful in extinguishing wanda's lawsuit if its attorney files a

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?