The common stock of auto deliveries sells for $27.21 a share. the stock is expected to pay $1.80 per share next month when the annual dividend is distributed. auto deliveries has established a pattern of increasing its dividends by 4.6 percent annually and expects to continue doing so. what is the market rate of return on this stock?

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure