Which one of the following favors a low dividend policy? A) The tax on capital gains is deferred until the gain is realized. E) The presence of an agency conflict with the company's senior managers. C) A majority of the shareholders have a low tax rate. D) A majority of the shareholders have better investment opportunities than the firm. B) Few, if any, positive net present value projects are available to a firm.

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Which of the following best explains why the demand for housing is more flexible than the supply? a. new housing developments are being constructed all the time. b. low interest rates for mortgages make buying a home very affordable. c. the increasing population always drives demand upwards. d. people can move more easily than producers can build new homes.

Awork system has five stations that have process times of 5, 9, 4, 9, and 8. what is the throughput time of the system? a. 7b. 4c. 18d. 35e. 9