Greentech, inc., is a bioengineering firm specializing in food crops. it is considering a cooperative alliance with an asian agribusiness firm, asiafoods, to jointly produce improved crops for the asian market. the questions that greentech should consider before entering this alliance include all of the following except: a. can greentech expect opportunistic behavior from asiafoods? b. will greentech be able to use a cost-minimization management strategy in the asiafoods alliance? c. will asiafoods make alliance-specific investments? d. has asiafoods accurately represented its competencies?

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan