Answer:
The correct answer is Option A. you will need to deposit $111,111 so that you can fund the scholarship forever, assuming that the account will earn 4.50% per annum every year.
Explanation:
Perpetuity is the cash flows to be receivable for an unspecified period of time. The present value of a perpetuity is calculated as the cash flows divided by the interest rate provided.
Given data;
Amount needed to be deposited = $5000
Interest rate = 4.50%
Present Value of Perpetuity = Cash Flows ÷ Interest rate
= $5000 ÷ 0.045
= $111,111
Answer:
<em>B) contradicts the argument and finds that firms that successfully pursue cost leadership and product differentiation simultaneously can often expect to gain a sustained competitive advantage.</em>
Answer:
Explanation:
if the question is select multiple answers then both A and C. if it is just one answer then A.
Answer:
D. All the Above
Explanation:
A. Lead to greater productivity
This is true because through specialization and competitive advantages you can achieve greater productivity in the production of goods and services. If you have a competitive advantage, it is because you have more capital, infrastructure and specialized human capital in the production of a specific type of good or service so that a greater amount of that good can be produced than another country in the same time.
B. Lead to greater output even if you can do everything better than someone else.
This is true since although a country has a competitive advantage in all industries, concentrating its labor and capital in the production of the good or service in which it has the greatest competitive advantage will allow a higher level of production in that sole good/service than if he divided his resources into the production of other goods and services.
C. Lead to international trade and overall gains for the nations involved.
This point, despite being true, is debatable. In theory, international trade allows to reach greater levels of wealth to the countries involved by being able to exchange the goods in which they have competitive advantage for others that if they were produced in the country they would consume part of their resources by not having such high productivity as if it will trade with a country that does have the capacity to produce it.
Having this clear, we can say that all of the above are true, so the answer is D.
Answer: Please refer to Explanation
Explanation:
A financial asset is a non-physical asset that that gets it's value from a contract that was signed by the parties involved. Financial assets include Bonds, stocks and even cash amongst others.
Real Assets on the other hand are physical assets that can be seen and hence have an inherent value. Examples include buildings and cars.
a. Toyota <u>creates</u> a <u>real asset</u>- the factory. The loan is a <u>financial asset </u>that is <u>created</u> in the transaction.
The factory becomes a real Asset that is tangible and has an inherent value. The loan was created by an agreement between Toyota and the bank and so is a Financial Asset.
b. When the loan is repaid, the <u>financial</u> asset is <u>destroyed</u> but the <u>real</u> asset continues to exist.
When the loan is repaid, Toyota no longer owns that financial asset because it has gone back to the bank. However, the Real Asset which is the factory that they were able to build will remain with Toyota.
c. The cash is a <u>financial</u> asset that is traded in exchange for a <u>real</u> asset, inventory.
As already mentioned, cash is a financial asset. Inventory is a tangible substance with an inherent value not determined by a contract and so is a Physical Asset. Trading cash for Inventory is therefore trading a financial asset for a physical one.
