"What will be the project’s ROE if it produces an EBIT of –$45,000 and it finances 50% of the project with equity and 50% with debt? When calculating the tax effects, assume that Water and Power Co. as a whole will have a large, positive income this year."

Later movers do not face: entrenched competitors. reduced uncertainty over technologies. high growth markets. lower market uncertainty.

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept,the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year.to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51

There is just one person in our group, silvia, who seems to have radically different ideas about how to complete our project. she seems to purposely disagree with the majority opinions of the rest of us though yesterday she said something that made a lot of sense to us solve our production problem. i suggested to the entire group today that we hear silvia’s suggestions and asked silvia to share in-depth more of what she said yesterday. i am using which adaptive leader behavior?