The wilmoths plan to purchase a house but want to determine the after-tax cost of financing its purchase. given their projected taxable income, the wilmoths are in the 24% federal income tax bracket and the 8% state income tax bracket (i. e., an aggregate marginal tax bracket of 32%). assume that the wilmoths will benefit from itemizing their deductions for both federal and state purposes. the total cash outlay during the first year of ownership will be $27,600 ($2,760 principal payments, $24,840 qualified residence interest payments).

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position