1. Refer to the following information: Stock | E(r) | | Correlation Coefficients | 1 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 1 with 2: -0.10 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 1 with 3: +0.60 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 2 with 3: +0.05 | A portfolio is formed as follows: sell short $1‚000 of Stock 1; buy $1‚500 of Stock 2; buy $1‚500 of Stock 3. The investor uses $1‚000 of his own equity‚ with the remaining amount borrowed at a risk-free interest rate of 4% (with continuous compounding). (a) Assuming that there are no restrictions
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Kathleen’s Part Week IV Team Assignment * Estimate which competitive strategies Riordan could use to improve innovation and sustainability of business operations both in the United States and in the global market. Riordan could increase innovation and sustainability for the business operations in the United States of America and globally by implementing a strategic capacity plan. This plan will increase effectiveness‚ add improvement to its supply chain‚ and implement the methods and concepts
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Week Three Assignment 5. Explain when and why it is important for a company to globalize. When an organization wants to go global‚ they look at the opportunities in all countries that will permit that organization to enhance the effectiveness of business functions everywhere the organization has operations and then devise a strategy to achieve that goal. The two main reason an organization looks to globalization is for standardization and customization. Standardization uses a
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As you know‚ eight months ago we entered into a contract with Citizen-Schwarz AG to create custom e-banking software. The agreed contract outlined the details of the arrangement‚ including on-schedule delivery and quality of the deliverables‚ strong communication between both parties‚ procedures for any changes in the system requirements‚ intellectual property rights‚ and dispute management procedures. Depending on our performance‚ we were projecting to gain an additional contract with C-S’s larger
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1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you (briefly). I have three kids and for better or worse we have become a family of reptile owners. I find the plight of any reptile an interesting matter. I found this U.S. Fish and Wildlife act about Gopher tortoises. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service felt the Gopher tortoise needed federal protection. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service control the regulation that would
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1. Based on historical data‚ you have estimated the following probability distributions for the returns on two individual securities (SMALL and BIG) and the value-weighted market portfolio: State probability Small Big Market Expansion 0.30 25% 8% 12% Normal 0.5 15% 6% 10% Recession 0.20 0% 2% 3% a) Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of return for Small‚ Big and the market portfolio b) Calculate the covariance between Small and Big; between Small
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during the year. 1 Purchased the following assets and paid for them by cash: Furniture and Fittings $30 000 Equipment $ 45000 A motor van was purchased on account from Saunders Ltd for $40 000. 2 Purchased computer parts for $36 000 cash 3 Sold parts for $60 000 cash 4 Purchase goods on account from Android Enterprise $18 000; ABC Ltd $15 000 and Peter Smith
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Taisha McKinney MAR 2305 What Do You Think Now? Chapter 3‚ Page 53 1. What are sure-fire techniques for providing superior customer-service? The sure-fire techniques for providing superior customer-service are the mindset that defines each company’s culture. It is pervasive‚ visible to others‚ and everyone’s responsibility. It also requires organizations to keep the basic company functions in superior shape so that CSRs do not get bogged down with cleaning-up problems‚ correcting errors
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services as their disposable income and living standard increased. 2. Assess GSK’s response so far. Are the initiatives that GSK has implemented to address the bribery problems sufficient or would you suggest further actions? If you were Mark Reilly what would you have done? Explain. 3. Do you think that GSK has been treated unfairly? Was GSK really
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that did well on their own during this time. In the 1920’s‚ after the First World War‚ many companies met with each other intending to stop production of similar products and competition amongst each other. Through these negotiations‚ these companies decide to merge to create a company that all brands will be able to take a larger piece of the market ("Unilever‚" 2014). Unilever formed in the 1930’s and went through trials because of the Great Depression and the Second World War. During this time‚
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