a. Use the following simplified 2017 balance sheet to show, in general terms, how an improvement in the DSO would tend to affect the stock price. For example; if the company could improve its collection procedures and thereby lower its DSO from 45.6 days to the 32-day industry average without affecting sales, how would that change ripple through the financial statements (shown in thousands below) and influence the stock price?

Accounts receivable	$878	Current liabilities	$845
Other current assets	1,802	Debt	700
Net fixed assets	817	Equity	1,952
Total assets	$3,497	Liabilities plus equity	$3,497