Answer:
Brief summary of the case:
The case deals about the evolution of kindle by Company A. When the company decided to introduce kindle, its price was $399 in 2007. Company A understood that to be successful against the huge competitors, kindle must be priced low. It must be highly reliable, many features and elegance must be provided in the design of kindle. "Company A- designed kindle in State C where the research and development expertise is available.
Market research firm "IS," estimated that the manufacturing cost of kindle is about $185. The expensive components of the kindle are the display used in the Electronic ink technology and wireless cord. Company A contracted with Country C's company to produce the display. A manufacturer in Continent A produced a wireless cord of $13. Many components were contracted to the different countries to reduce the cost of the kindle to be competitive. Now, kindle became the competitor to the massive companies.
Determine if the company has decided to manufacture all the components of Electronic reader K in Country U:
If Company had decided to manufacture all the components in Country U, then it would have been more expensive. Company A cannot sell that at an affordable price. Increase in the cost of the components would increase the overall cost of the Electronic reader K. The most important strategy of Company A is to minimize the cost of the product to increase the number of sales.
Increase in the manufacturing cost will dilute their competitive advantage and it increases the cost of the product. It will lower the sales and the buyers would prefer to use the competitors' products, which are cheaper.
Determine if the company has decided to manufacture all the components of Tablet F in Country U:
It would be expensive if they decide to manufacture the components in Country U. It will not affect the sales number like Electronic reader K. as Tablet F is multipurpose. People will prefer quality and specifications than price.
Conclusion:
Manufacturing in Country U would be expensive and it increases the overall cost of the product. It would affect sales of the products.
Answer:
d. Overstate, understate, understate, zero
Explanation:
The amount of earnings overall is the same. so, in the end, there is n difference in retained earnings.
But, on accrual accounting, the note should not enter the accounting as 1,000 as time value of money exist.
At 2016 the sales revenue should be the present value of 1,000 dollars not the complete 1,000 dollars. Thus, is overstated.
Then, the interest accrued from the note are not recognized. Thus, the first year (2016) recognize revenues that should be matched with 2017 and 2018
Thus, these two subsequent years ended understated.
Answer:
a. Terrell's Optimal Capital Structure is 40:60. It means to obtain optimal capital structure in-order to increase value of firm, Terrell should finance 40% of its Assets through Debt and remaining through Common Equity.
b. The optimal Capital Structure is the point where company's WACC is minimized. So, 40:60 is the ratio where Terrell's WACC will be minimized.
Explanation:
The goal of Management is to increase Shareholders' wealth and not to generate profits because wealth is something that is for long-run whereas Profits are temporary. Management would accept projects having negative NPV if its goal is to maximize Profit.
Maximizing Shareholders' wealth means to increase the Share Price whereas Generating a higher EPS is Profit Maximization Strategy. So, you should look for that Capital Structure Point where the Company's Stock Price is Highest.
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