Answer:
a. take advantage of underpriced labor services available in certain developing countries.
b. gain access to special R&D capabilities residing in advanced foreign counties.
c. boost profit margins and create shareholder value.
d. avoid regulations and lower tax burdern
Explanation:
Multinational corporation is a company that operates locally in its home country and also aborad. It usually maintains a central office that coordinates business activities.
MNCs have various advantages which includes:
- taking advantage of lower priced labour in developing countries, for example some companies take advantage of cheap labour in China to produce their goods.
- when a company operates in an advanced economy it will take advantage of research and development there.
- regulations and tax burdens can be avoided by setting up manufacturing plants in countries with low regulatory policies.
- MNCs boost shareholder profits by taking advantage of their multiple locations to gain more profits.
Answer:
a.) The proportional up movement , u, for the currency can be calculated using the following formula:
u = eStd Dev * Square root of t
u = e0.06*square root of 0.25
u = 1.0305
b.) Probability of up movement, p , = (a - d) / (u - d)
where a = ert where r = 0.025, t = 0.25
a = e0.025*0.25 = 1.0063
d = 1 / u = 1 / 1.3050 = 0.7663
p = (1.0063-0.7663) / (1.3050-0.7663)
p = 0.46
1-p = 1-0.46 = 0.54
c) Price of an American Call Option on the currency : we use binomial tree for that , as follows: The amounts below line indicate the option price and figures above line indicate the underlying asset price which is 0.55555
Answer:
Imagine that you have won $100 in the state lottery. You have a choice between spending the money on shopping now or putting it away in a
savings account for one year. You decide to spend the money now on shopping. Thus, you will lose the interest that you could have earned by
saving the money. The lost interest is the
<u><em> opportunity cost</em></u> cost of spending money now.
Explanation:
The opportunity cost is the price you pay for not choosing best second alternative when you make a decision. In this case the person has two options:
1. Spending the money
2. Save the money
Once the money is spending the opportunity costs is generated and it is measure by the interest rate lost for not keeping the money in a savings account that will generate an interest rate known as APY Annual Percentage Yield.
Answer:
a) Predetermine overhead rate = 1710000/95000 = 18 per machine hour
Applied overhead = 18*75000 = 1350000
Under applied overhead = 1687500-1350000 = 337500
b) Cost of godos sold allocated amount of under applied overhead if fully allocated on cost of goods sold = 337500
Cost of goods sold allocated amount of under applied overhead if allocated on appropriate accounts = 337500*759375/1350000 = 189843.75
Difference in net income = 337500-189843.75 = 147656.25
