Which of the following can be cited as an example of outsourcing? group of answer choicesa) audi starts a manufacturing facility in china to take advantage of low labor costs. b) volkswagen acquires a steel manufacturing plant to reduce its overall production costs. c) microsoft hands over its customer service function to convergys, located in india. d) dell sources computer parts from suppliers located in russia. e) p& g acquires a retail outlet to reduce its distribution costs.

Acompany has $80,000 in outstanding accounts receivable and it uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts. experience suggests that 6% of outstanding receivables are uncollectible. the current credit balance (before adjustments) in the allowance for doubtful accounts is $1,200. the journal entry to record the adjustment to the allowance account includes a debit to bad debts expense for $4,800. true or false

Calculate the required rate of return for climax inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a 4.0% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3.0%, (3) the market risk premium is 5.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 2.30, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 15.0% over the last 5 years. do not round your intermediate calculations.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?