Suppose you want to invest $10,000. You have two options: (1) Invest in California municipal bonds with an expected rate of return of 7.00%, or (2) invest in J and K Corp.’s bonds with an expected rate of return of 10.50%. Assume that your decision is based on a tax perspective. If everything else is the same for both bonds, at what tax rate would you be indifferent between these two bonds?

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position