Henry Inc. recently paid a dividend, D0, of $3. It expects to have nonconstant growth of 20% for 3 years followed by a constant rate of 6% thereafter. The firm’s required rate of return is 11%.

a. How far away is the horizon date?
b. What is the firm’s horizon value?
c. What is the firm’s intrinsic value today, P0?

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a.what is the firm’s labor demand function? b.if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c.now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

What do you think: would it be more profitable to own 200 shares of penny’s pickles or 1 share of exxon? why do you think that?

In 1975, mcdonald’s introduced its egg mcmuffin breakfast sandwich, which remains popular and profitable today. this longevity illustrates the idea of: