Elena is the CEO of Geode Technologies, a consumer electronics manufacturer. Last year, Geode's return on invested capital (ROIC) was 11.6 percent, while Geode's closest competitor, NorthWest Tech, had an ROIC of 17 percent. Which of the following factors might Elena use to convince investors to invest in Geode rather than NorthWest Tech?

A) Geode had a Research & development (R&D) expense / Revenue ratio of 16 percent, while NorthWest Tech had an R&D / Revenue ratio of 12 percent.
B) Geode's working capital to revenue ratio was 75 percent, while NorthWest Tech's was 68 percent.
C) Geode's intangible intensity was 6 percent, while NorthWest Tech's was 3 percent.
D) Geode's plant, property, and equipment (PPE) over revenue ratio was 19 percent, while NorthWest Tech's was 10 percent.

Lohn corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $18, $14, $13, and $8.50. afterward, the company pledges to maintain a constant 4 percent growth rate in dividends forever. if the required return on the stock is 14 percent, what is the current share price?

Sharon had some insider information about a corporate takeover. she unintentionally informed a friend, who immediately bought the stock in the target corporation. the takeover occurred and the friend made a substantial profit from buying and selling the stock. the friend told sharon about his stock dealings, and gave her a pearl necklace because she "made it all possible." the necklace was worth $10,000, but she already owned more jewelry than she desired.

Needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required: time of dayminimum number of consultants required to be on duty8 am-noon4noon-4 pm84pm-8pm108pm-midnight6 two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full- time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the shifts: morning (8am- 4pm), afternoon (noon-8pm) and evening (4pm-midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14 per hour. part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12 per hour. an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty. larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost. formulate this as an lp problem. you must define your variables clearly