Machintosh Outerwear of Canada Is a Large Retailer of High

question 38

Multiple Choice

Machintosh Outerwear of Canada is a large retailer of high quality outdoor recreation equipment, clothing, and accessories. They are considering opening three U.S. stores in Minneapolis, Spokane, and Seattle. The current cost of a new store in Canada is C$1,000,000 per year and expected construction costs in the U.S. are expected to increase at a rate of 15% per year. The U.S.stores will be built in one year, the current exchange rate is $1.02/C$, the forward rate is $1.04/C$. If the stores are built in one year and the firm has a required rate of return of 14%, what is the present value in Canadian dollars of building the new stores?

• A) C$3,000,000
• B) $3,000,000
• C) C$2,731,092
• D) C$3,140,756

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Definitions:

Community

A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common, often marked by a sense of belonging or shared identity.

Common Good

The benefit or interests of all involved parties or the wider community, opposed to the interests of a select group.

Social Rules

Guidelines for behavior that are accepted by a group; they govern interactions among individuals within societies to maintain order.

Secondary Stakeholder Groups

Those individuals or organizations indirectly affected by a company's operations, typically not directly engaged in transactions with the company but impacted by its actions.