One of your employees mentions to you that there is an active grapevine in your organization. Which of the following assumptions can you accurately make about how to manage the grapevine in this situation? can be 2 or more answers. a. there are likely to be very few people who have access to the grapevine, and those people are usually chronically unhappy. Avoid interacting with them if possible.
b. employees are likely to have heard something from the grapevine before they talk with you about an issue.
c. develop a relationship with the person at the center of the grapevine so you can quickly spread and receive information throughout the organization
d. paying attention to what is said on the grapevine will give you a good serve of what employees are really thinking and feeling about the company.

In the supply-and-demand schedule shown above, at the lowest price of $50, producers supply music players and consumers demand music players.

Examine the following book-value balance sheet for university products inc. the preferred stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays a dividend of $3 a share. the common stock sells for $16 per share and has a beta of 0.9. there are 2 million common shares outstanding. the market risk premium is 9%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. book-value balance sheet (figures in $ millions) assets liabilities and net worth cash and short-term securities $ 2.0 bonds, coupon = 6%, paid annually (maturity = 10 years, current yield to maturity = 8%) $ 5.0 accounts receivable 3.0 preferred stock (par value $15 per share) 3.0 inventories 7.0 common stock (par value $0.20) 0.4 plant and equipment 21.0 additional paid-in stockholders’ equity 13.6 retained earnings 11.0 total $ 33.0 total $ 33.0 a. what is the market debt-to-value ratio of the firm? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what is university’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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