You were recently appointed to the board of directors for Dropbox. a. What are the main responsibilities of the board of directors?
b. Suppose that Microsoft just approached Dropbox about acquiring it. You and the board decide to ght this takeover attempt. What tools could you use to deter Microsoft?
c. How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act affect the board of directors at Dropbox?
Suppose that an activist investor at Dropbox is attempting to remove the boardof directors. It would d. cost $1 million today to start a proxy contest. There is a15% chance of success, and the activist investor owns 7% of the company. Thereare 10 million shares outstanding. If the campaign succeeds, then the stock price increases by $10 after a full year. If it fails, then the stock price remains that same. Assume that the appropriate discount rate is 12%. Is this a positive NPV investment for the activist investor?

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

Corporation had a japanese yen receivable resulting from exports to japan and a brazilian real payable resulting from imports from brazil. gracie recorded foreign exchange gains related to both its yen receivable and real payable. did the foreign currencies increase or decrease in dollar value from the date of the transaction to the settlement date?

The huntington boys and girls club is conducting a fundraiser by selling chili dinners to go. the price is $7 for an adult meal and $4 for a child’s meal. write a program that accepts the number of adult meals ordered and then children's meals ordered. display the total money collected for adult meals, children’s meals, and all meals.