Suppose a firm was expanding its operation by building a new factory and equipping it with the latest machinery. This expansion would require the firm to issue $150,000,000 worth of new shares of stock to finance.

a. What are the financial assets and real assets in this transaction?

b. Who would the firm employ to issue the new shares? Why?

c. Is this issuance of shares a primary or secondary market transaction? How would the firm know how many shares it would need to issue to raise the needed funds?

d. How would a lack of efficient financial markets hinder this firms ability to expand their operations?