Calculate the Payback period if a project requires an initial capital outlay of $25,000 and inflows are: Year 1 $6,000 Year 2 $7,000 Year 3 $8,000 Year 4 $12,000 Year 5 $10,000 Select one: a. 3 years 3 months b. 3 years -0- months c. 4 years -0- months d. 4 years 4 months e. 3 years 4 months

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above

Which one of the following is not a typical current liability? a. interest payable b. current maturities of long-term debt c. salaries payable d. mortgages payable

Suppose that a government that is skeptical of efforts to regulate prices charged by private companies is nevertheless concerned that an electric utility company is taking advantage of consumers with unfair pricing policies. which of the following policy options might most effectively enable the government to achieve its objectives in this situation? do nothing to all. turn the company into a public enterprise. use antitrust laws to increase competition. regulate the firm's pricing behavior.