Question 1 (5 points) Shareholders of Sparky’s Kerosene Company (SKC) face a variety of risks in holding SKC shares. If SKC purchases fire insurance for their factories‚ their shareholders will face lower Your Answer Score Explanation Systematic/Market Risk. Specific/Idiosyncratic Risk. Correct 5.00 Correct. You have a good intuition for fundamental types of risk. Total 5.00 / 5.00 Question Explanation A fundamental question about different types of risks. Question 2
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1. Tom believes the company should use the extra cash to pay a special one-time dividend. How will this proposal affect the stock price? How will it affect the value of the company? Electronic Timing‚ Inc. (ETI) needs to be careful on how it dispenses the extra cash as a dividend. Issuing the extra cash as a dividend would mean that the shareholders collectively will probably drop by the same amount because of the transfer of wealth from the company to the shareholders individually. Hence‚ the
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1. Dayton is a U.S based manufacturer of gas turbine equipment. This company has concluded negotiations for the sales of a turbine generator to Regency (U.K) for total payment of £3‚000‚000 which is due in 90 days Given the following exchange rates and interest rates‚ what transaction exposure hedging strategy is now in Dayton’s best interest? Spot rate $1.7620/£ Expected spot rate in 90 days $1.7850/£ 90-day forward rate $1.7550/£ 90-day dollar
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Chapter 19 BALANCED SCORECARD: quality‚ time‚ and the theory of constraints 19-1 Quality costs (including the opportunity cost of lost sales because of poor quality) can be as much as 10% to 20% of sales revenues of many organizations. Quality-improvement programs can result in substantial cost savings and higher revenues and market share from increased customer satisfaction. 19-2 Quality of design refers to how closely the characteristics of a product or service meet the needs and wants of
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FINS3616 International Business Finance - Week 4 A. Conceptual questions 1. What is a forward exchange rate? 2. If the yen is selling at a premium relative to the euro in the forward market‚ is the forward price of EUR per JPY larger or smaller than the spot price of EUR per JPY? 3. If you are a U.S. firm and owe someone ¥10‚000‚000 in 180 days‚ what is your transaction exchange risk? 4. If the spot exchange rate of the yen relative to the dollar is ¥105.75‚ and the
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Chapter 8 Strategic Management ANNOTATED OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION Effective managers recognize the role that strategic management plays in their organization’s performance. Throughout this chapter‚ students discover that good strategies can lead to high organizational performance. 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Managers must carefully consider their organization’s internal and external environments as they develop strategic plans. They should have a systematic means of analyzing
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Macroeconomics‚ 5e (Hubbard) EC 212 – Chapter Nine Homework Assignment_SOLUTIONS Chapter 9 Unemployment and Inflation 1) Due to slowing growth in China and other developing countries‚ Caterpillar ________ the number of persons it employed in 2013 and this ________ the total number of persons unemployed in the economy. A) decreased; increased B) decreased; decreased C) increased; decreased D) increased; increased Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 629/263 Topic: The Unemployment Rate Learning Outcome:
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the central government regional governments is referred to as devolution 6. Which country has experienced violent devolution? Yugoslavia 7. In 1997 Scotland took a major devolutionary step with the establishment of the Scottish Parliament 8. In Italy‚ the Northern League’s desire for independence was based on the economic difference between the northern Po region and the southern Mezzogiorno. These differences are attributed to core-periphery processes 9. Distance‚ remoteness and marginal
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Sunny Beach Hotel Evaluation Report Regarding Various Scenarios for Adding a Karaoke Pub in the Sunny Beach Hotel . Dear Sir‚ I have considered the scenarios you suggested to be evaluated from economic point of view regarding the opportunity of accepting the offer of Planet Karaoke Pub to install one of its facilities inside the free space from 2nd floor of Sunny Beach Hotel or to extend the activities of our company with a Karaoke pub located on the beach area administrated by our
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Chapter 04 Analyzing Investing Activities Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following would rarely be classified as a current asset? A. Prepaid insurance B. Goodwill C. Marketable Securities D. Work-in-progress 2. Which of the following would not be classified as a current asset? A. Inventory B. Accounts payable C. Accounts receivable D. Prepaid expenses 3. An asset is considered to be liquid if: A. it is readily converted into a current asset. B. it is
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