Assume that the following criteria relevant to the process of screening various construction project opportunities are weighted in importance as follows: safety (10) speed to completion (5) sustainable development (4) infrastructure modifications (3) traffic congestion (5) cost (8) our company has four project alternatives that satisfy these key features as follows where 10 is the highest and 1 is the lowest: midtown uptown downtown suburb safety 6 5 3 8 speed 3 4 2 5 sustainable 7 7 5 4 infrastructure 4 5 4 1 traffic 2 4 1 8 cost 5 5 3 6 construct a project screening matrix to identify among these four projects the most likely candidate to be implemented.

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

Burberry is pursuing a focused differentiation strategy aimed at high-end luxury customers. however, the company is also employing a segmentation strategy to separate customers within that focus. the strategy offers items at an entry-level price point for customers who desire to be like celebrities such as sarah jessica parker as well as couture items for those richest and celebrity customers. what strategy is burberry pursuing?

The rybczynski theorem describes: (a) how commodity price changes influence real factor rewards (b) how commodity price changes influence relative factor rewards. (c) how changes in factor endowments cause changes in commodity outputs. (d) how trade leads to factor price equalization.