What role do special government agencies play in protecting buyers? check all that apply.
they create regulations to ensure safe products.
they promote certain products for companies.
they dictate marketing strategies to companies.
they consumers determine marginal cost.
they provide information about products.
they collect customer fraud complaints.

Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. she estimates that it would cost $300,000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. in addition, she would have to quit her $45,000 per year job as an accountant. a. define opportunity cost. b. what is your aunt's opportunity cost of running a hardware store for a year? if your aunt thought she could sell $350,000 worth of merchandise in a year, should she open the store? explain.

Minolta inc. is considering a project that has the following cash flow and wacc data. what is the project's mirr? note that a project's projected mirr can be less than the wacc (and even negative), in which case it will be rejected. wacc: 10.00% year 0 1 2 3 4 cash flows -$850 300 $320 $340 $360

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?