A firm is noticing that 10% of its freelance contacts are not being completed on time. They suspect this is because there are no consequences for lateness for the freelancers, but it costs the firm money. The firm decides to implement a penalty for lateness, and guidelines for dealing with contract violations. The firm is:(A) increasing opportunism.(B) focusing on values and beliefs rather than laws and regulations.(C) expanding the range of acceptable actions that firms can take.(D) attempting to reduce transaction costs through institutional frameworks.

Using the exxon data as an example what would be the market capitalization of penny's pickles if each share is selling for $175.35?

Type of deposit reserve requirementcheckable deposits $7.8 - 48.3 million 3%over $48.3 million 10noncheckable personal savings and time deposits 0refer to the accompanying table. if a bank has $60 million in savings deposits and $40 million in checkable deposits, then its required reserves are$1.2 million.

Which of the following statements is not correct? the stock of publicly owned companies must generally be registered with and reported to a regulatory agency such as the sec. when stock in a closely held corporation is offered to the public for the first time, the transaction is called "going public, or an ipo," and the market for such stock is called the new issue or ipo market. "going public" establishes a firm's true intrinsic value and ensures that a liquid market will always exist for the firm's shares. if you wanted to know what rate of return stocks have provided in the past, you could examine data on the dow jones industrial index, the s& p 500 index, or the nasdaq index.