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3 years ago

If Ford Motor Company builds a new auto plant in South Africa this is considered to be

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Irina-Kira [14]3 years ago

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Group of options omitted and they are

a) brownfield investment only

b) brownfield and horizontal investment

c) greenfield and horizontal investment

d) greenfield and vertical investmen

Answer:c) greenfield and horizontal investment

Explanation:

A green-field investment is foreign direct investment whereby a parent company establishes a new subsidiary in a different or foreign country, starting its operations from the scratch, ie building the establishment from ground up and not buying an already existing plant or structure..

By horizontal direct investment , it means that the investor establishes the same type of operation in a different country as it operates in its home country, for example, Ford Motor Company based in the United States building a new auto plant in South Africa.

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American Exploration, Inc., a natural gas producer, is trying to decide whether to revise its target capital structure. Curren

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a) 9.00 %

b) 7.80 %

c) yes the weight of the debt increases here is more risk in the investment as the debt payment are mandatory and failing to do so result in bankruptcy while the stock can wait to receive dividends if the income statement are good enough

d) 9.00 %

e) The increase in debt may lñead to an increase in return of the stockholders if they consider the stock riskier than before and will raise their return until the WACC equalize at the initial point beforethe trade-off occurs

Explanation:

$WACC = K_e(\frac{E}{E+D}) + K_d(1-t)(\frac{D}{E+D})$

Ke 0.12

Equity weight 0.5

Kd(1-t) = after tax cost of debt = 0.06

Debt Weight = 0.5

$WACC = 0.12(0.5) + 0.06(0.5)$

WACC 9.00000%

$WACC = K_e(\frac{E}{E+D}) + K_d(1-t)(\frac{D}{E+D})$

Ke 0.12

Equity weight 0.3

Kd(1-t) = after tax cost of debt = 0.06

Debt Weight 0.7

$WACC = 0.12(0.3) + 0.06(0.7)$

WACC 7.80000%

$WACC = K_e(\frac{E}{E+D}) + K_d(1-t)(\frac{D}{E+D})$

Ke 0.16

Equity weight 0.3

Kd(1-t) = after tax cost of debt = 0.06

Debt Weight 0.7

$WACC = 0.16(0.3) + 0.06(0.7)$

WACC 9.00000%

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3 years ago

According to the agency theory,

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Answer: conflicts that arise in corporations should be addressed in the legal realm(A)

Explanation:

The principal-agent problem is an important part of the agency theory, the principal-agent problem views the firm as a connection of legal contracts.

In this perspective, corporations are seen merely as set of legal contracts that exists between the different parties. The conflicts that may take place are to be addressed in the legal realm.

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On September 1, 2018, Drill Far Company purchased a tract of land for $2,300,000. The land is estimated to have a salvage value

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Answer:

$562,500

Explanation:

Depletion expenses = Land expenses

Depletion expenses = [$2,300,000 - $50,000 / 4]

Depletion expenses = $2,250,000 / 4

Depletion expenses = $562500

So, the depletion expense recorded for 2018 is $562,500

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Which would you expect to be the biggest amount on your pay stub?

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Answer:

Gross Income is the answer!

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The net income reported on the income statement for the current year was $210,000. Depreciation recorded on equipment and a buil

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Cash flows from operating activities section

Amount in $

Net income 210,000.00

Depreciation 62,500.00

Change in Accounts Receivable -2,400.00

Change in Inventories 13,500.00

Change in Prepaid Expenses -600.00

Change in Accounts Payable 3,800.00

Change in Salaries Payable -750.00

Cash flows from operating activities  286,050.00

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The operating activities includes net income, depreciation and changes in current assets and current liabilities. The depreciation as a non-cash item is added back in the cash flows statement.

An increase in current assets represents an outflow of cash hence the negative value and vice versa. The increase in current liabilities represents an inflow of cash hence it is positive and vice versa. Below are the changes.

Amount in $ Amount in $ D ifference

Change in Accounts Receivable 71,000 73,400 (2,400.00)

Change in Inventories 140,000 126,500 13,500.00

Change in Prepaid Expenses 7,800 8,400 (600.00)

Change in Accounts Payable 62,600 66,400 3,800.00

Change in Salaries Payable 9,000 8,250 (750.00)

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