HW Solution Chapter 1: Case (One day in the life) This case shows a glimpse of what it is like to be a project manager. It also underscores that being a project manager is more social than technical and that project managers spend the majority of their time interacting with various people who impact a project. 1. How effectively do you think Rachel spent her day? You may argue that she is inefficient and does not have control over her time. You may also argue that this is
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chapter Six businesses and Their Costs ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 6-1 Distinguish clearly between a plant‚ a firm‚ and an industry. Contrast a vertically integrated firm‚ a horizontally integrated firm‚ and a conglomerate. Cite an example of a horizontally integrated firm from which you have recently made a purchase. A plant is an operating unit where production takes place. This production can be manufacturing‚ farming‚ mining‚ retailing‚ wholesaling‚ warehousing—anything
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Roles‚ Skills and Responsibilities of Managers; Universality of Management Principles; Functions of Management; Comparative Management – Japanese‚ American and Indian. UNIT-II Planning and Decision Making – Process‚ Premises‚ Types of Plans; Decision – Making – Process‚ Types of Decisions‚ Creativity in Decision Making‚ Techniques; Control – Process and Techniques. UNIT-III Organizations – Meaning‚ Principles‚ Types of Organizations; Organizational Behaviour – Meaning and Scope; Models of OB; Contributing
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CHAPTER 12 Intangible Assets ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics Questions 1. Intangible assets; concepts‚ definitions; items comprising intangible assets. 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14 2. Patents; franchise; organization costs; trade name. 9‚ 10‚ 13‚ 14‚ 25 3. Goodwill. 4. 5. Brief Exercises Exercises Concepts Problems for Analysis 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 6 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 1‚ 2‚ 3 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 12‚ 13 4‚ 5‚ 6
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EMSE 269 - Elements of Problem Solving and Decision Making EXTRA PROBLEM 6: SOLVING DECISION TREES Read the following decision problem and answer the questions below. A manufacturer produces items that have a probability p of being defective. These items are formed into batches of 150. Past experience indicates that some (batches) are of good quality (i.e. p=0.05) and others are of bad quality (i.e. p=0.25). Furthermore‚ 80% of the batches produced are of good quality and 20% of the batches are
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CHAPTER 8 STOCKS AND THEIR VALUATION (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Required return Answer: e Diff: E [i]. An increase in a firm’s expected growth rate would normally cause the firm’s required rate of return to a. Increase. b. Decrease. c. Fluctuate. d. Remain constant. e. Possibly increase‚ possibly decrease‚ or possibly remain unchanged. Required return Answer: d Diff: E [ii]
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Department of Finance‚ HKUST Spring 2013 Email: Xuewenliu@ust.hk Office hour: 13:30-14:30 Tuesday Assessment: Assignments (12%)‚ Midterm-exam (18%)‚ Projects and presentations (15%)‚ and Final exam (55%) Textbooks: 1. Corporate Finance‚ by J. Beck and P. DeMarzo‚ 2nd edition 2011‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc. Hereafter BD. 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy‚ by M. Grinblatt and S. Titman‚ 2nd edition‚ 2002‚ Irwin McGraw Hill. Hereafter GT. I. Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Corporations
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Assignment 1 NPV: = -PF + FV /(1+r) PV = FV/(1+r) or PV = C1/1-r + C2/(1-r)2 + .. + CT/(1-r)T Rate of return: R=(Vf-Vi)/Vf Rate r compounded m times a year: FV = C(1+r/m)mt 10% semiannually = 10.25% annually‚ Hence 10.25 is said to be the Effective Annual Yield (EAY) 1+EAY = (1+r/m)mt Assignment 2 Perpetuity The value of D received each year‚ forever: PV = D/r Annuity The value of D received each year for T years: PV = (D/r)*[1 – 1/(1+r)T] Growing Perpetuity PV = D/(R-g) R: the
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CHAPTER 21 Accounting for Leases ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics Questions Brief Exercises Exercises Problems Concepts for Analysis *1. Rationale for leasing. 1‚ 2‚ 4 1‚ 2 *2. Lessees; classification of leases; accounting by lessees. 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 14 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 11‚ 12‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6 *3. Disclosure of leases. 19 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8 2‚ 3‚ 5 *4. Lessors;
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Chapter 6 1. Why are people willing to take the risks of entrepreneurship? People are willing to take the risks of entrepreneurship because it allows them freedoms and many opportunities that they feel are worth the risks involved. Many are finding that the corporate world is just as risk involved these days as owning their own business‚ since it is becoming more and more common to see hard working and long term employees being fired when times got hard. 2. What are the advantages of entrepreneurial
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