There are many concerns for risk-averse lenders. Consider the following: 1. Lenders are concerned that borrowers with the greatest risk are the ones most likely to actively pursue loans. 2. Lenders are concerned that real GDP will decline leading to reduced corporate profits. 3. Lenders are concerned that products produced by certain corporations will become obsolete. a. 1 is market risk; 2 is firm-specific risk b. 2 is market risk; 3 is firm-specific risk c. 3 is market risk; 1 is firm-specific risk d. 2 is firm-specific risk; 3 is market risk

Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position

The owner of firewood to go is considering buying a hydraulic wood splitter which sells for $50,000. he figures it will cost an additional $100 per cord to purchase and split wood with this machine, while he can sell each cord of split wood for $125. if, for this machine, design capacity is 50 cords per day, effective capacity is 40 cords per day, and actual output is expected to be 32 cords per day, what would be its efficiency?