stryker corporation is a leading medical technology company headquartered in kalamazoo, michigan, that trades on the new york stock exchange. following are the selected financial data for stryker for the period 2009-2013.

a. calculate stryker's annual sustainable growth rate from 2009 through 2013.

b. what growth management challenge did stryker face during these years?

c. how did stryker deal with its growth management challenge?

2009 2010 2011 2013 16.5 82.1 16.2 79.3 2012 15.0 75.0 11.2 60.1 Profit margin (%) Retention ratio (%) Asset turnover (X) Financial leverage (X) Growth rate in sales (%) 17.4 81.3 0.7 1.7 8.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.7 0.6 1.7 13.5 1.7 4.2 1.8 4.2 0.1