Allister acquired 90 percent of barone in january 2017. in allocating the newly acquired subsidiary's fair value at the acquisition date, allister noted that barone had developed a customer list worth $62,000 that was unrecorded on its accounting records and had a 4-year remaining life. any remaining excess fair value over barone's book value was attributed to goodwill. during 2018, barone sells inventory costing $133,000 to allister for $186,000. of this amount, 10 percent remains unsold in allister's warehouse at year-end.

Which of the following is false regarding the links between jit and quality? a. jit increases the cost of obtaining good quality. b. as quality improves, fewer inventory buffers are needed; in turn, jit performs better. c. jit reduces the number of potential sources of error by shrinking queues and lead times. d. inventory hides bad quality; jit immediately exposes it. e. if consistent quality exists, jit allows firms to reduce all costs associated with inventory.

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

Which analyst position analyzes information using mathematical models to business managers make decisions? -budget analyst -management analyst -credit analyst -operations research analyst