Coca-Cola and Pepsi are both releasing a new soda at the same time. Each company is fairly well known, and they are both deciding between pursuing two advertising strategies. Each firm knows that its profits will be affected by its own decision and the decision of the competing firm. The payoff matrix below contains the estimated profits for both companies for all possible strategies. Pepsi\'s profits are in the lower (green) triangle of each cell and Coca-Cola\'s profits are in the upper (blue) triangle of each cell. Profits (payoffs) are in millions of dollars.

When borrowers want funding to pay for different projects, they go to the loanable funds market and acquire funds through either indirect finance or direct finance. below, you are given five different scenarios. is each an example of direct finance or indirect finance?

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

You hear your supervisor tell another supervisor that a fire drill will take place later today when the fire alarm sounds that afternoon you should