Dome Metals has credit sales of $324,000 yearly with credit terms of net 90 days, which is also the average collection period. Assume the firm adopts new credit terms of 3/15, net 90 and all customers pay on the last day of the discount period. Any reduction in accounts receivable will be used to reduce the firm's bank loan which costs 10 percent. The new credit terms will increase sales by 10% because the 3% discount will make the firm's price competitive. a. If Dome earns 15 percent on sales before discounts, what will be the net change in income if the new credit terms are adopted?
b. Should the firm offer the discount?
a) Yes.
b) No.

Your company is starting a new r& d initiative: a development of a new drug that dramatically reduces the addiction to smoking. the expert team estimates the probability of developing the drug succesfully at 60% and a chance of losing the investment of 40%. if the project is successful, your company would earn profits (after deducting the investment) of 9,000 (thousand usd). if the development is unsuccessful, the whole investment will be lost -1,000 (thousand usd). your company's risk preference is given by the expected utility function: u(x) v1000 +x, where x is the monetary outcome of a project. calculate the expected profit of the project . calculate the expected utility of the project . find the certainty equivalent of this r& d initiative . find the risk premium of this r& d initiative e is the company risk-averse, risk-loving or risk-neutral? why do you think so?