Noah's team meets each week to discuss marketing issues and determine solutions. He has observed that the meeting dynamic is very ineffective. The same few people seem to push their ideas, and even though Noah can tell others don't necessarily agree, the group seems to go along with the more vocal members. Noah has also noticed that certain members seem to stand firm on specific assumptions or approaches regardless of what new information is presented. Describe two techniques Noah could use to aid the team in countering these group decision-making issues.

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?

Find the interest rate for a $4000 deposit accumulating to $5234.58, compounded quarterly for 9 years

Problem 9-5. net present value and taxes [lo 1, 2] penguin productions is evaluating a film project. the president of penguin estimates that the film will cost $20,000,000 to produce. in its first year, the film is expected to generate $16,500,000 in net revenue, after which the film will be released to video. video is expected to generate $10,000,000 in net revenue in its first year, $2,500,000 in its second year, and $1,000,000 in its third year. for tax purposes, amortization of the cost of the film will be $12,000,000 in year 1 and $8,000,000 in year 2. the company’s tax rate is 35 percent, and the company requires a 12 percent rate of return on its films. required what is the net present value of the film project? to simplify, assume that all outlays to produce the film occur at time 0. should the company produce the film?