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Stock prices tend to ignore unexpected changes in dividend payments. Companies prefer to cut dividend payments rather than borrow money to fund a short-term cash need. Maintaining a steady dividend is a key goal of most dividend-paying companies. Share repurchases tend to increase agency costs. Short-term fluctuations in cash flows are the key factor in determining a company's dividend policy
Answer: B. Maintaining a steady dividend is a key goal of most dividend-paying companies.
Explanation:
Companies that pay dividends prefer in general, to maintain a steady dividend overtime. This does not necessarily mean that they will pay the same amount of dividend but rather that they will pay out dividends as within a certain percentage range of the net income.
Companies do not prefer to cut dividends so as not to send the wrong message so A is wrong. Share repurchases reduces agency costs so C is wrong. Short term fluctuations in cash flow are not the key favor in determining dividend policy as the company might still pay out the same regardless so this is wrong as well. Option B is the best answer.
According to the liquidity premium theory of the term structure, A. the interest rate on long-term bonds will equal an average of short-term interest rates that people expect to occur over the life of the long-term bonds plus a liquidity premium. B. buyers of bonds may prefer bonds of one maturity over another, yet interest rates on bonds of different maturities move together over time. C. even with a positive liquidity premium, if future short-term interest rates are expected to fall significantly, then the yield curve will be downward-sloping. D. all of the above. E. only A and B of the above.
Answer: D. all of the above.
Explanation:
The liquidity premium is the amount that is added to the interest rate in order to compensate investors for buying longer term and less liquid securities. This is why the interest rates on log-term bonds include a liquidity premium.
It is true that depending on preference, buyers of bonds prefer to buy one maturity over another but overall, the interest rates on different maturities move together in that an increase in the short term would see an increase in the long term.
Even if the liquidity premium is positive in order to compensate investors for longer maturities, it would not be enough to pull the interest rates up if they are falling significantly which would lead to a downward - sloping yield curve.
Adrianne is a package delivery service manager. She is interested in implementing ________, the management philosophy pioneered by Frederick W. Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, which scientifically studies work methods to improve the productivity of individual workers. In this particular case, Adrianne will study the routes that drivers take through a congested to city in order to identify ways that delivery staff can make the most deliveries in each two-hour period. Group of answer choices quantitative management contingency management management science human relations management scientific management
Answer:
scientific management
Explanation:
Scientific management represent the management theory in which the analysis is done with respect to the workflow. Its main purpose to improve out the economic efficiency and the labor productivity.
So as per the given situation since adrianne will have to study the routes so that the delivery staff could able to make the most deliveries in two -hour period due to which the productivity could be increased
Luka, who owns a small breakfast and salad bar, has a reputation in the community as a tough manager. Many customers have heard Luka yell at his employees because he feels that workers today are lazy, lack ambition, and hate to work. Luka is a(n) ________ manager. Group of answer choices Theory Z participative contingency Theory X Theory Y
Answer: Theory X
Explanation:
A Theory X manager refuses to believe that workers can be internally motivated. They believe that workers are lazy, lack ambition and hate to work and so there is a need to continually push them to work.
This push can come in the form of punishment, rewards or prompting. Luka yells at his workers to push them to work by prompting them to. This style is generally looked down on today.
Name any FIVE causes of stress in the workplace
Answer:
1. long hours
2. tight deadlines
3. heavy workload
4. changes to duties
5. job insecurity
3 · 32 + 8 ÷ 2 − (4 + 3)
A.
30
B.
23
C.
24
D.
32
3. The answer is 24 [c]
An attorney came to work on a Saturday. When he signed in, he was advised by the morning security guard employed by the building management that he must be out of the building by 5 p.m., when it closes. However, he stayed past 5 p.m. to complete a brief that had to be filed on Monday morning. At 5:15 p.m., the afternoon security guard set the locks on all the doors of the building and left. Because she was in a hurry, she did not check the sign-in sheet to make sure that everyone had signed out, contrary to mandatory procedures. When the attorney tried to exit 15 minutes later, he discovered that the doors were all locked and could not be opened from the inside. He used his cell phone to call for help, and a supervisor from the building arrived and let him out shortly thereafter. If the attorney sues the building management for false imprisonment, is he likely to win
Answer:
The attorney will most likely lose if he sues for false imprisonment
Explanation:
False imprisonment is also called unlawful imprisonment. It is the act of confining a person to an area without legal authority, justification, or consent of the person that is restrained.
In the given scenario the attorney was informed that he office will be locked by 5 am. If he was staying longer he should have informed the security.
Also the security guard did not intentionally lock him in as she was not aware he was present.
For one to be guilty of false imprisonment these three conditions should be met:
- an act that confines a person to a particular area
- intention of confining the person
- causation
These conditions were not met in this case.
Which of the following will increase the money supply? Question 17 options: an increase in the discount rate (relative to the federal funds rate) a decrease in the required reserve ratio an open market sale by the Fed a and c b and c
Answer:
a decrease in the required reserve ratio
Explanation:
The Federal Reserve utilises various strategies to control money supply to the economy. Money supply is the amount of money that is held by by the public in an economy.
The various methods used by the Federal Reserve to regulate money supply includes discount rate, reserve ratio, and open market operations.
Money supply will increase when the reserve ratio for commercial banks is decreased. This means less of their funds is required to be witheld from the public.
On the other hand an open market sale will mop up the cash in the economy, and an increase in discount rate (rate of lending to banks) will also cause a decrease in money supply.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) performs which of the following functions? a. Provide loans and take equity position in private companies of developing countries and works toward developing capital markets in those economies b. Supports reconstruction and restructuring of member countries utilizing funds raised in international capital markets c. Provides long-term low-interest social sector and infrastructure loans to the poorest members utilizing foreign aid funds provided by rich nation members d. Works on issues related to foreign investment disputes e. Provides political risk coverage for private investments made in developing countries
Answer:
a). Provide loans and take an equity position in private companies of developing countries and works toward developing capital markets in those economies.
Explanation:
The key functions of IFC(International Finance Corporation) include 'offering loans and getting a hold on the equity stand in the private sector companies established in developing countries in order to build capital in such economies.' It also assists these countries in attaining sustainable growth and development by providing these financial fundings, deploying capital effectively, and proffering counseling services to these nations and the private businesses running across the country. Thus, option a is the correct answer.
Jon enjoys fishing (which costs $20) and golf (which costs $30) and has $140 to spend each month on these activities. Last month, Jon fished four times and golfed twice. The last fishing outing provided Jon a marginal utility of 50, and the last round of golf provided a marginal utility of 120. What is Jon's marginal utility per dollar spent on the last time fishing
Answer:
Fishing - 2.5 and Golfing - 4
Explanation:
Calculation to determine What is Jon's marginal utility per dollar spent on the last time fishing and golf
Last fishing outing produced =50 / $20
Last fishing outing produced = 2.5 units of utility per dollar.
Last round of golf provided= 120 / $30
Last round of golf provided= 4 units of utility per dollar
Therefore Jon's marginal utility per dollar spent on the last time fishing and golf is Fishing - 2.5 and Golfing - 4
Some industries’ competition is much more intense than others. Retail grocery stores such as Kroger, Safeway, and Albertson’s in the United States experience fierce competition and offer similar marketing campaigns to compete. What is this an example of in terms of Porter’s Five Forces Model? Multiple Choice rivalry among new entrants rivalry among existing competitors threat of substitute products or services buyer power
Answer:
rivalry among existing competitors
Explanation:
The Porters' 5 forces is used to analyse the competitiveness among firms in an industry.
Porter's 5 forces include :
Competition in the industry : the higher the number of companies in the industry, the lower the power an individual firm possesses. For example, if an industry increases it price, a consumer can easily shift to the consumption of substitutes Potential of new entrants into the industry : If there are low barriers to entry in an industry, firms in the industry experience greater competition Power of suppliers : the higher the number of suppliers in the industry, the higher the bargaining power of firms in the industry and the greater the power they possess Power of customers : the larger the number of customers, the greater the power firms possess Threat of substitute product : if there are little or no substitutes for the goods produced by companies, the greater the power the firms possessThe CEO/chairman of PharmaPacifica was recently killed in an airplane crash. This tragedy has thrown PharmaPacifica into turmoil as there is no one in the organization qualified to step into the former CEO's shoes. This is an example of: a. the risk inherent in CEO duality. b. excessive reliance on the internal managerial labor market. c. managerial hubris. d. a failure of succession management.
Answer:
d. a failure of succession management.
Explanation:
Since in the given situation it is given that the CEO of the company killed in the airplane crash and other than him there was no one who is well qualified for the post of the CEO or chairman so this situation represent that there is the failure of the management when some higher authority is not there to direct them or seeing their performance aslo it is now very difficult to attain the company goals and objective
Therefore the option d is correct
Flowers, a married taxpayer, purchased an annuity for $64,400 that will pay $700 per month over the life of Flowers and Flowers' spouse. At the time of purchase the couple's joint life expectancy was 23 years. Flowers received payment beginning April 1, year 1, amounting to $6,300 in the first year of the annuity contract. How much is includible in Flowers' gross income in the first year
Answer:
Explanation:
$6,300ANSWER: C. $4200
23 x 12 x 700= 193,200
64,400/193200=0.333
700*0.333 = 467 = 467*9= $4203
I can't believe it, said Wiley Coyote, I am the president of Acme enterprises and we make $200,000 a year profit with me working my tail off. Our distributor, Road Runner Representatives, made over $800,000 in commissions. I don't understand why they are making all of that money when all they do is run around all day and say beep-beep to customers. I think we should lower the commission rate to bring their income down to a more reasonable level. This is an example of
Answer:
This is an example of vertical conflict.
Explanation:
A vertical conflict can be described as a conflict that occurs between two different types of members in a distribution channel - for example, a manufacturer, an agent, a wholesaler, or a retailer.
In the question the Acme enterprises which its president, Wiley Coyote, represents is the manufacturer; while their distributor is the agent. In this case, a vertical conflict is said to have occurred between the manufacturer and the agent who are both different types of members of the same distribution channel.
Therfore, this is an example of vertical conflict.
Mr. Branson is the CEO for a social media firm and works with his office door closed. At the same time every hour he opens the door to see what his employees are doing. The employees have learned to work especially hard during the five minutes before and while the door is open. Their work pattern is typical of responses that are reinforced on a ________ schedule
Answer:
fixed-interval
Explanation:
Fixed interval schedule of monitoring by Supervisors in a workplace is the used of a fixed time to evaluate the activities that are happening in an organisation.
For example in this case Branson is at the same time every hour he opens the door to see what his employees are doing.
However they only work hard when the door opens and relax afterwards.
The main disadvantage of fixed interval schedule is that responses are high at the point of monitoring and declines afterwards.
The best option will be to use a random schedule that way the respondents will always be doing their best in case they are being monitored
Alberto is a lawyer and needs to calculate how much to charge a client for his services. He charges $225 for each hour. He spent 2 1/4 hours consulting with the client, 4 1/2 hours researching the client’s case, 3 hours negotiating with the other party’s lawyer, and 3 1/2 hours drawing up and filing court papers. How much will he charge?
Answer:
$2,475
Explanation:
Consulting with the client = 2 1/4 hours
Researching the client’s case = 4 1/2 hours
Negotiating with the other party’s lawyer = 3 hours
Drawing up and filing court papers = 3 1/2 hours
Total hours = 2 1/4 + 4 1/2 + 3 + 3 1/2
= 9/4 + 9/4 + 3 + 7/2
= (9+9+12+14) / 4
= 44/4
= 11 hours
Total hours = 11 hours
Charges per hour = $225
Total charges = Charges per hour × Total hours
= $225 × 11
= $2,475
Total charges = $2,475
11. This year, teachers can eam a $250 tax credit on money they spend in their classrooms. How will this tax credit affect the teachers' tax returns?
A. The $250 will come directly off of the amount of taxes the teachers owe.
B. The $250 will be subtracted from the teachers' gross incomes.
C.This credit will put them in higher tax brackets.
D.This credit is not big enough to make any impact on the teachers' taxes.
Answer: A. The $250 will come directly off of the amount of taxes the teachers owe.
Explanation:
When given a tax credit of a certain amount, it means that you can deduct that amount from the taxes you owe which means that the taxes you are to pay will be reduced. If you received a tax credit of $500 for instance and you owed taxes of $2,000, your taxes would become $1,500.
In this scenario therefore, with the teachers receiving a tax credit of $250, taxes that the teachers owe will be reduced by $250.
This is a receipt for a purchase made at a restaurant in Sacramento, California. The total cost of the food and drinks before taxes was . The buyer paid in sales tax. Based on the receipt, Sacramento has a sales tax rate of .
Answer:
Total bill = $10.00Sales tax = $0.85Sales tax rate = 8.5%Explanation:
According to the receipt in question, the buyer paid a total bill of $10.00.
Buyer also paid a sales tax of $0.85.
The total cost of the food was $10.00 and a sales tax of $0.85 was paid.
The sales tax is based on the amount paid so the sales tax rate is the percentage of $10 that $0.85 is.
= Sales Tax / Total bill * 100%
= 0.85 / 10 * 100%
= 0.085 * 100%
= 8.5%
Answer:
1- B) $10.00
2- A) $0.85
3- B) 8.5%
Explanation:
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True or false. The marketing department is the most important function in business.
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Without the marketing department the business is demolished
Answer:
The answer is true.
Explanation:
The marketing department is one of the most important things a business can do. Not only does marketing build brand awareness but it can also increase sales, grow businesses and engage customers.
On a base level, marketing is useful for customer education. The business owner and employees know the ins-and-outs of the product but do the consumers? In order to buy into a product, the audience needs to have a solid understanding of what it does and how it works. Marketing is the most effective way to communicate the value proposition to the customers in a fun and interesting way. If consumer education is a priority then marketing should be too.
Modern marketing is a less expensive game than ever before. Social media platforms and email campaigns have made reaching out to consumers a much more finance-friendly possibility. Smart marketing can help even the playing field when it comes to competing against big name competitors. Due to the smaller nature of their businesses, SMB leaders often have much more time to pay attention to every client individually via the various marketing platforms. Modern consumers value experience over pricing, so this kind of one-on-one interaction could push customers in your direction over bigger brands.
Marketing is meant to sustain a company’s presence – not remedy a lack of engagement. In this sense, marketing is something that businesses need to create and manage every day to maintain a healthy relationship with their consumers. Marketing is important because it allows businesses to maintain long-lasting and ever-present relationships with their audience. It is not a one-time fix, it is an ongoing strategy that helps businesses flourish.
Customer engagement is the heart of any successful business – this is especially true for SMBs. Marketing solves the question of how to keep a conversation going once the customer has walked out the door. In the past, face-to-face interactions made up much of B2C engagement. Consumers want to be engaged outside the store. This is where marketing comes in, and whatever the medium, a person can send their customers content to keep them engaged beyond store hours. The audience wants to form a relationship with your brand, and marketing can be used to do just that.
Marketing is important because it helps to sell your products or services. The bottom line of any business is to make money and marketing is an essential channel to reach that end goal. SMBs need to create fresh and inviting content to draw customers in and lead them to a purchase. Marketing helps sales and sales help your business.
Marketing is an important strategy to ensure the growth of a business. While the current customers should always be the main priority, marketing efforts can help to expand this base. Little efforts like social media posts and email campaigns can not only engage existing consumers but spread the word to new potential customers. In essence, marketing secures a business’s future through new and old customer engagement.
During May, Carolan Corporation transferred $59,000 from Work in Process to Finished Goods and recorded a Cost of Goods Sold of $65,000. The journal entries to record these transactions would include a: Multiple Choice credit to Cost of Goods Sold of $65,000. debit to Finished Goods of $65,000. credit to Work in Process of $59,000. credit to Finished Goods of $59,000.
Answer:
credit to Work in Process of $59,000.
Explanation:
Based on the information given the appropriate l journal entries to record these transactions would include a: CREDIT TO WORK IN PROCESS OF $59,000
Dr Finished goods $59,000
Cr Work in process $59,000
Dr Cost of goods sold $65,000
Cr Finished goods $65,000
Bil Tarnofsky makes the following statement: 'We must become more flexible if we are to meet our personnel needs and maximize efficiency. In the past, we simply hired as many full-time employees as we thought we needed. But this focus has caused us to lose many valuable employees. We should offer flextime and job sharing options to help us keep and attract talented employees. "Margaret Robin responds by saying "Alternatives to traditional job design approaches can lead to significant cost savings. Next year we are expected to have 500 more employees than our current facility allows, but my analysis reveals that 600 of our employees could telecommute. Therefore, we can avoid costly actions such as moving our offices or building extensions if these workers became telecommuters, job sharing can also reduce facility costs as well as payroll costs. Tamnofsky and Robin would be most likely to disagree about which of the following questions?
A. Would telecommuting likely lead to cost savings?
B. Does the organization have a moral obligation to offer flextime and job sharing options?
C. If offering a job sharing option would not reduce costs, should the organization still offer it?
D. Would the organization be better able to keep valuable employees if it offered flextime and job sharing options?
E. Are any other organizational structure decisions important for the future of the organization?
Answer:
C. If offering a job sharing option would not reduce costs, should the organization offer it?
Explanation:
The statement Bil Tarnofsky makes is focused on retaining talented employees and attract new talented employees, by offering flextime and job sharing options
The statement Margaret Robin responds with is the use of alternative job design, such as telecommuting could achieve higher cost savings from the need to accommodate the 500 more employees, by moving the offices and expanding the buildings, in the coming year
Tamnofsky and Robin would be most likely to disagree on the different focus of their statements which are; If offering a job sharing option would not reduce costs, should the organization offer it?
A business must decide whether to open a new office in China. If it opens the
branch, it will increase its chances of selling a high volume of its products in
China. On the other hand, the business will have to spend a lot of money to
make the branch operational.
What would be an opportunity cost for the business if it chooses to open the
new branch in China?
A. The business would be able to increase the selling prices for most
of its products.
B. The business would be able to easily sell its products to many
new customers.
C. The business could not use the money it spends on the new
branch for something else.
D. The business would have to spend all its money making new
Chinese products.
Answer:
C. The business could not use the money it spends on the new
branch for something else.
Claude holds a large number of shares of Bayou Beauty, a regional brewing company that is considered a likely takeover target by a major international brewer. It would probably be in Claude's financial interest if Bayou Beauty's owners: Group of answer choices looked for smaller brewers to acquire instead of selling to the larger brewer. resisted selling at any price. sold the company to the larger brewer. designed a poison pill to discourage a takeover.
Answer: sold the company to the larger brewer.
Explanation:
Based on the information given, it would be in Claude's financial interest if Bayou Beauty's owners sold the company to the larger brewer.
The reason for this is that the same of the company to the major international brewer will result in long term performance and dividends.
For each of the following indicate whether unemployment is cyclical, structural, seasonal, frictional (or if this is not unemployment).
(Cyclical, Structural, Seasonal, Frictional, Not Unemployment) Bill just graduated from college and has yet to find his first job. He is confident that he will find a job.
(Cyclical, Structural, Seasonal, Frictional, Not Unemployment) Jane does not have a job because she has elected to stay home to care for her children.
(Cyclical, Structural, Seasonal, Frictional, Not Unemployment) Ned was a steel worker, but the plant closed because US factories can buy steel from China, Ukraine, and others more cheaply. It is unlikely that the plant will reopen.
Answer:
Frictional
Not Unemployment
Structural,
Explanation:
Unemployment can be defined as members of the labour force that do not have a job but are actively seeking employment
Types of unemployment
structural unemployment is an unemployment that occurs as a result of changes in the economy. These changes can be as a result of changes in technology, polices or competition. Structural unemployment tends to be permanent. Ned is structurally unemployed due to changes in his industry
Frictional unemployment: the period of time a person is unemployed from the period he leaves his current job and the time he gets another job. Eg. The period from when graduates till when he gets a job, he is frictionally unemployed
Cyclical unemployment: it occurs as a result of fluctuations in the economy. Unemployment would be high in a downturn and low in a boom
Jane is not unemployed because she is not seeking employment
Why would a manager begin the evaluation process by asking the individual to evaluate his or her contributions to the project?
Answer:
To determine the employee's strengths and weaknesses
Explanation:
The reason a manager would begin the evaluation process of an employee by asking the individual to evaluate his or her contributions to the project is "to determine the employee's strengths and weaknesses"
This is a form of self-assessment to the employee. Hence, it allows the employer to let the employee know his current abilities and proficiency without the need for an appraiser or biased judgment.
For example, the self-assessment will include questions like "what are my strengths"
Name FIVE factors that must be considered when choosing a form of ownership.
Answer:
1) financing, taxation,risk tolerance, continuity and transferability,entrepreneurial ability
Explanation:
,
Choose the false statement about the Building and Personal Property Coverage Form. A Personal property owned and used to service the building is included in the building coverage B Tenant's improvements that are not legally removable are included in the Personal Property of Others Coverage C Personal property of others that is in the insured's care, custody, and control is automatically included up to $2,500 under coverage extensions D Building Coverage includes the building structure, completed additions, permanently installed fixtures, machinery and equipment
Answer: Tenant's improvements that are not legally removable are included in the Personal Property of Others Coverage
Explanation:
The false statement about the Building and Personal Property Coverage Form is that "Tenant's improvements that are not legally removable are included in the Personal Property of Others Coverage"
The above is incorrect. This is because the Tenants Improvements and Betterments are not covered under the
Personal Property of Others Coverage but rather, they are covered in the Business Personal Property.
Bill plans to deposit $200 into a bank account at the end of every month. The bank account has a nominal interest rate of 8 percent and interest is compounded monthly. How much will Bill have in the account at the end of 2½ years (30 months)?
The amount that should have in the account at the closing of 30 months is $6,617.77.
Given that,
The rate of interest = 8% ÷ 12 = 0.6666%The nper is = 2.5 × 12 = 30The monthly payment or pmt is $200The present value be $0Now the following formula should be used:
=-FV(RATE,NPER,PMT,PV,TYPE)
After applying the above formula, the future value is $6,617.77.
Therefore we can conclude that The amount that should have in the account at the closing of 30 months is $6,617.77.
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Deet, an unmarried taxpayer, qualified to itemize deductions. Deet's adjusted gross income was $40,000 and he made a $1,500 substantiated cash donation directly to a needy family. In the same year, Deet also donated art, valued at $11,000, to a local art museum. Deet had purchased the artwork two years earlier for $2,000. What was the maximum amount of the charitable contribution allowable as an itemized deduction on Deet's income tax return
Answer:
$11,000
Explanation:
Based on the information given What will be the MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION ALLOWABLE as an itemized deduction on Deet's income tax return will be the amount of $11,000 which represent the amount the art value that Deet donated to the local art museum which was valued at $11,000.
Therefore the maximum amount of the charitable contribution allowable as an itemized deduction on Deet's income tax return is $11,000
In his backyard, a homeowner unwittingly built a garage that encroached two feet across the property line onto property owned by his neighbor. The next year, the homeowner discovered his error in the course of selling his property to a buyer. After the sale, the neighbor learned of the encroachment of the garage onto her property and sued the homeowner for damages and trespass. In this action, will the neighbor prevail
Answer: C) Yes, because the homeowner knew where the garage was located when he built it, even though he did not know where the property line was.
Explanation:
Encroachment refers to a scenario where a property owner builds a structure on the land of their neighbor. If a structure on the property of this owner also extends into the property of the neighbor, this is also considered encroachment.
Encroachment can either be intentional or unintentional but either of them can result in the offender being penalized. In the case of an unintentional encroachment such as this scenario, the property owner would still get panelized for knowing about the location of the structure and how it could have been encroaching even if they did not know that it was in fact, encroaching.
