Exron Corp. is considering the purchase of a new machine costing $300,000. The new machine will expand Exron's sales capacity and provide $90,000 in additional annual cash flows (before taxes) over the next five years. The company has decided to depreciate the machine using the straight-line method and no salvage value. At the end of the five years, Exron expects to sell the machine for $20,000. Exron has a 40% tax rate and uses a 10% discount rate to evaluate the purchase of new machines. What is the machine's net present value (rounded to nearest dollar)

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i. e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant. a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry. b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry. c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry. d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure

According to the video, the gross national product had declined from $104 billion in 1929 to about in 1933.