^{This is for the Business Strategy Game simulation}

The interest rate a company pays on 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year loans if a function of its credit rating and the length of time over repayment is scheduled to occur (1-year, 5- years, or 10 years). its total debt-to-assets ratio and the ratio of its stock price to its EPS, how many consecutive years the company has been profitable, its current ratio, and its default risk ratio. its balance sheet strength as measured by its retained earnings, debt-equity ratio, and default risk ratio. its credit rating, coupled with the percentage of prior-year investor-expected performance targets the company met or beat.