Answer and Explanation:
I will go through each and every option explaining the reasons and what option would be the best:
The (a) part says 'difference in wages will eventually disappear since a haircut is a homogeneous good' - This is not true because even though it is an homogeneous product, some customers do have a strong preference for barbers who are not going bald. Therefore, they know their worth and they would want to capitalize on that and get paid just a bit more than bald barbers.
The (b) part says 'barbershops that hire barbers with hair will be able to charge a higher price for a haircut to those consumers who have a strong preference for barbers with hair'. - If the barbershop charges higher price for barbers that have hair then the customers will prefer bald barbers as the questions mentions that there is high competition and since it is an homogeneous, customers would be willing to save money and get their haircut from some other barber.
The (c) part says 'barbershops that hire bald barbers will always be much more profitable' - Not necessarily. The reason is that some customers have a strong preference for barbers who are not bald and therefore, that would help barbershops who have barbers with hair to be a bit more profitable as some additional customers would want their services.
The (d) part says 'barbershops that hire barbers with hair will always be much more profitable' - This is the best option and the reason for it is because some customers have a strong preference for barbers with hair and that would help the barbershop to earn more. They would have the customers who already indifferent to whoever cuts their hair and in addition to that, they would also have the customers who have their preference.
Hence the answer is D.
Answer:
Spread the risk of individual bonds by collectively owning more and less-risky bonds, with higher and lower rates of return
Explanation:
A bond fund is a pooled investment vehicle that invests in various types of bonds. the types of bonds invested in includes cooperate bonds, government bonds and municipal bonds.
The primary objective of bond funds is to generate revenue for investors
Because bond fund is an aggregation of various types of bonds, the risk of the bond fund is lower than the risk of holding any corporate bonds. This is because risks are spread.
Answer:
16.54%
Explanation:
We have to applied the rate formula that is shown in the attachment.
The NPER shows the time period.
Given that,
Present value = $2,500
Future value or Face value = $5,375
PMT = $0
NPER = 6 years - 1 years = 5 years
The formula is shown below:
= Rate(NPER,PMT,-PV,FV,type)
The present value come in negative
So, after solving this, the annual rate of return is implied is 16.54%
Answer:
D2
Explanation:
Since Natasha displays some competence and has low commitment to her job,he falls into D2 category.The leadership style that needs to be used is Coaching to motivate Natasha and get the things done.
Answer:
The required cycle time for this assembly line is 2 minutes. The rigtht answer is c.
Explanation:
Acording to the data, we have the following:
Daily operating time= factory operates 1000 minutes per day
Scheduled output=make 500 El-More dolls per day
Therefore, to calculate the required cycle time for this assembly line we have to use the following formula:
Cycle time = daily operating time divided by the scheduled output
= 1000 / 500 = 2 minutes
The required cycle time for this assembly line is 2 minutes.