During april, a customer asks you to create an arrangement for an invalid friend who must stay at home for five more days. the invalid friend loves flowers, especially fragrant ones. the amount the customer is willing to spend on the arrangement for this dear friend is so high that you know you won't be limited in your choice of flowers. there are no limits given by the customer as to size or style, but the customer would like the arrangement to include blue-purple and yellow flowers to match the friend's décor. the customer would also like the arrangement to cheer the friend for at least the remaining five days that the friend has to stay at home. you begin planning the arrangement by making a list of form, filler, and line materials, keeping color and fragrance in mind. you check the seasonal availability and vase life of each item in your reference materials. which of the following might you choose as a form flower for this design task? a. statice in lavender b. narcissus in yellow c. gladiolus in yellow tones d. gypsophila in white

Which is one solution to levy the complexity of the global matrix strategy with added customer-focused dimensions?

Examine the following book-value balance sheet for university products inc. the preferred stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays a dividend of $3 a share. the common stock sells for $16 per share and has a beta of 0.9. there are 2 million common shares outstanding. the market risk premium is 9%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. book-value balance sheet (figures in $ millions) assets liabilities and net worth cash and short-term securities $ 2.0 bonds, coupon = 6%, paid annually (maturity = 10 years, current yield to maturity = 8%) $ 5.0 accounts receivable 3.0 preferred stock (par value $15 per share) 3.0 inventories 7.0 common stock (par value $0.20) 0.4 plant and equipment 21.0 additional paid-in stockholders’ equity 13.6 retained earnings 11.0 total $ 33.0 total $ 33.0 a. what is the market debt-to-value ratio of the firm? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what is university’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

The uptowner just paid an annual dividend of $4.12. the company has a policy of increasing the dividend by 2.5 percent annually. you would like to purchase shares of stock in this firm but realize that you will not have the funds to do so for another four years. if you require a rate of return of 16.7 percent, how much will you be willing to pay per share when you can afford to make this investment?