Question Workspace Zonk Corp. The following data pertains to Zonk Corp., a manufacturer of ball bearings (dollar amounts in millions): Total assets $7,460 Interest-bearing debt $3,652 Average pre-tax borrowing cost 10.5% Common equity: Book value $2,950 Market value $13,685 Income tax rate 35% Market equity beta 1.13 Assume that Zonk is a potential leveraged buyout candidate. Assume that the buyer intends to put in place a capital structure that has 70 percent debt with a pretax borrowing cost of 14 percent and 30 percent common equity. Compute the weighted average cost of capital for Zonk based on the new capital structure.

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year. a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs. b. calculate the eoq. c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?

When used-car dealers signal the quality of a used car with a warranty, a. buyers believe the signal because the cost of a false signal is high b. it is not rational to believe the signal because some used-car dealers are crooked c. the demand for lemons is eliminated d. the price of a lemon rises above the price of a good used car because warranty costs on lemons are greater than warranty costs on good used cars

Dollar shave club is an ecommerce start-up that delivers razors to its subscribers by mail. by doing this, dollar shave club is using a(n) to disrupt an existing market. a. innovation ecosystem b. architectural innovation c. business model innovation d. incremental innovation