In latvia, only one six-lane highway exists, connecting riga, its capital, with moscow. otherwise, the roads are two lanes and many are made of cobblestones or bricks. this limits the speed with which deliveries can be made and requires that delivery trucks be quite small. the road network in latvia is an example of problems with a country's

Which one of the following is most apt to align management's priorities with shareholders' interests? compensating managers with shares of stock that must be held for a minimum of three years holding corporate and shareholder meetings at high-end resort-type locations preferred by managers increasing the number of paid holidays that long-term employees are entitled to receive allowing employees to retire early with full retirement benefits paying a special management bonus on every fifth year of employment

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

Best burger is a major fast food chain. its managers are motivated to grow the firm in order to increase their market power and change the industry structure in their favor. which of the following strategies is most associated with their motive for growth? a. employing celebrity spokespeople b. implementing automated burger-making machinery c. purchasing competitors d. increasing executive salaries