Piedmont hotels is an all-equity company. its stock has a beta of 1.15. the market risk premium is 6.5 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.3 percent. the company is considering a project that it considers riskier than its current operations so it wants to apply an adjustment of 1.5 percent to the project's discount rate. what should the firm set as the required rate of return for the project?

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The development price itself is such a huge barrier, it's just a very different business model than boeing's used to. our huge development programs are typically centered around commercial airplanes, military aircraft, where there is a lot of orders. and right now the foundation of the business is two bites a year.

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.