While some fear airbnb is taking jobs away from hotel chains, the firm is also creating jobs and driving demand for a whole array of platform-enhancing services, including photographers, key-exchange coordinators, in-home chefs, house cleaners, and ride-sharing services.

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders? a) decrease the use of restrictive covenants in bond agreements, b) take actions that reduce the possibility of a hostile takeover, c) elect a board of directors that allows managers greater freedom of action, d) increase the proportion of executive compensation that comes from stock options and reduce the proportion that is paid as cash salaries, e) eliminate a requirement that members of the board directors have a substantial investment in the firm's stocks

Suppose your firm is considering investing in a project with the cash flows shown as follows, that the required rate of return on projects of this risk class is 10 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistics for the project are three and a half and four and a half years, respectively. use the irr decision to evaluate this project; should it be accepted or rejected

As a result of a thorough physical inventory, waterway company determined that it had inventory worth $320200 at december 31, 2020. this count did not take into consideration the following facts: walker consignment currently has goods worth $47400 on its sales floor that belong to waterway but are being sold on consignment by walker. the selling price of these goods is $75900. waterway purchased $21900 of goods that were shipped on december 27, fob destination, that will be received by waterway on january 3. determine the correct amount of inventory that waterway should report.