An Open Educational Resource Provided by Victoria University “Marketing: Meeting or Creating Needs?” Developed by Dr Maxwell Winchester Senior Lecturer‚ Victoria University‚ Melbourne Australia Introduction Marketing has often been defined by marketing academics and practitioners in terms of satisfying customers’ needs and wants (e.g.‚ Kotler‚ Burton‚ Deans‚ Brown
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Oil prices continue lower after EIA supply data Stories You Might Like • Stock futures rise as jobs data supports Fed • The IBM earnings machine is stalling • 11 car insurance discounts worth asking for By Myra P. Saefong SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Oil futures continued to trade lower Wednesday‚ though pared some losses briefly after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a fall of 1.4 million barrels in crude stockpiles for the week ended Aug. 16. Analysts polled by Platts
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average did it take Bayside to sell its inventory? A. 126.1 days B. 127.9 days C. 153.8 days D. 176.5 days E. 178.9 days Inventory turnover for 2008 = $4‚060 $1‚990 = 2.04; Days’ sales in inventory = 365 2.04 = 178.9 days TEST MODEL : CHAPTER 3 CORPORATE FINANCE Page 1 2. What is the debt-equity ratio for 2008? A. 22.5% B. 26.2% C. 35.5% D. 45.1% E. 47.7% Debt-equity ratio for 2008 = ($1‚170 + $500) ($3‚500 + $1‚200) = .355 = 35.5% 3. What is the times interest earned ratio for 2008? A. 30
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Ch2 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. In a competitive market‚ the market demand is Qd = 60 - 6P and the market supply is Qs = 4P. A price ceiling of $3 will result in a A. B. C. D. shortage of 30 units. shortage of 15 units. surplus of 30 units. surplus of 12 units. 2. In a competitive market‚ the market demand is Qd = 60 - 6P and the market supply is Qs = 4P. The full economic price under a price ceiling of $3 is A. B. C. D. 6.
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78 Question 2 Samantha opened a savings account this morning. Her money will earn 5 percent interest‚ compounded annually. After five years‚ her savings account will be worth $5000. Assume she will not make any withdrawals. Given this‚ which one of the following statements is true? A) Samantha deposited more than $5600 this morning. B) The present value of Samantha’s account is $5600 C) Samantha could have deposited less money and still had $5600 in five years if she could have earned
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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACHES TO QUALITATIVE DATA: WHY‚ WHEN AND HOW - Savitri Abeyasekera Statistical Services Centre‚ University of Reading‚ P.O. Box 240‚ Harry Pitt Building‚ Whiteknights Rd.‚ Reading RG6 6FN‚ UK. Phone 0118 931 8459‚ e-mail s.abeyasekera@rdg.ac.uk 1. Introduction In many research studies involving the use of participatory tools‚ much of the information gathered is of a qualitative nature. Some of this will contribute to addressing specific research questions‚ while
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The rate rose to 2.5% in 2010 and fell to 2% in 2011(World Factbook). In 2010 there was an influx of foreign investment which may have boosted the growth rate. Australia was hit by the financial crisis in 2009 but bounced back quickly after only one quarter of negative growth. There was a fiscal stimulus package for more than US$50 billion and interest rates were cut to historic lows by the Australian Reserve Bank. Unemployment peaked at 5.7% in late 2009 and has fallen to 5% in 2011 (World factbook)
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occur‚ so the chart shows the possible returns that could occur from holding the two stocks. One has a very wide distribution of probabilities – therefore more volatile results so higher risk. The other stock has a much narrower range of possible returns therefore is lower risk. Standard deviation Historical variance is the sum of the squared deviations from a mean divided by the number of observations minus one. SD is the positive square root of that variance. This is the level of risk. The higher
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computer services company‚ best known for Netscape Navigator‚ its web browser. Netscape’s web browser was once dominant in terms of usage share with a high market share. There are several reasons for Netscape to be successful at that time‚ the first one is that they come to the broad Internet market early and had the first-mover advantage being the pioneer of web browsers in the evolving Internet market. The second reason is less competition in the current market. While Netscape started their business
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Version A Fin 536 Quiz 4 Solutions Name_______________ Section_4pm/7pm Use the following table of swap quotes when you need it. Years 1 2 3 4 5 Euro Bid 2.99 3.08 3.24 3.44 3.63 Ask 3.02 3.12 3.28 3.48 3.67 Swiss franc Bid Ask 1.43 1.47 1.68 1.76 1.93 2.01 2.15 2.23 2.35 2.43 U. S. dollar Bid Ask 5.24 5.26 5.43 5.46 5.56 5.59 5.71 5.74 5.79 5.83 Japanese yen Bid Ask 0.23 0.26 0.36 0.39 0.56 0.59 0.82 0.85 1.15 1.18 1. （Fill out the answers， 7 pts） a. (Motivation of Interest
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