A drawback involved in using cross-border strategic alliances to enter new foreign markets is that:
A) the foreign firm will need to make larger investments when compared to entering the new market on its own.
B) some of the firm's proprietary know-how may be appropriated by the foreign partner.
C) all potential business risks in the new market will have to be faced alone by the foreign firm.
D) the shareholder value of the foreign partner will decline drastically.

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances

Alocal barnes and noble bookstore ordered 80 marketing books but received 60 books. what percent of the order was missing?

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