Our acquisition target is a privately held company in a mature industry. The company currently has free cash flow of $12 million. Its WACC is 11% and it is expected to grow at a constant rate of 3%. The company has marketable securities of $70 million. It is financed with $100 million of debt, $20 million of preferred stock, and $100 million of book equity. Find the value of the firm (in million).

(blank) is the type of competition that occurs in a competitive market without identical producers.

Suppose your rich uncle gave you $50,000, which you plan to use for graduate school. you will make the investment now, you expect to earn an annual return of 6%, and you will make 4 equal annual withdrawals, beginning 1 year from today. under these conditions, how large would each withdrawal be so there would be no funds remaining in the account after the 4th?

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?