Answer:
The answer is: A) Forward vertical integration (FVI)
Explanation:
FVI takes place when a company expands its business activities to take direct control of the distribution of their products.
The question is a textbook example of FVI. A company decides to sell their products directly to their customers bypassing the middlemen.
Internet sales are giving several companies this opportunity. For instance, every once in a while I get promotions directly from the Coca Cola Company offering me direct discounts on their products. Of course some type of courier or logistics company is needed, but the sale is made directly from the distributor bypassing the grocery store. A more common example is people buying their cars directly in the manufacturers website. In Germany, car vending machines are located right next to the factories. You buy online and you pick your car like a soda can, only on a huge scale.
Its between a an B but i think its A
Answer:
Risk and Return
1. Joe is an average investor. His financial advisor gave him options of investing in stock A, with a σ of 12%, and stock B, with a σ of 9%. Both stocks have the same expected return of 16%. Joe can pick only one stock and decides to invest in stock B.
Good Financial Decision?
Yes
No
2. Marcie works for an educational technology firm that recently launched its employee stock option plan (ESOP). Marcie allocated all her investments in the ESOP.
Good Financial Decision?
Yes
No
3. rin wants to invest in a hedge fund that has had a very strong performance track record. The hedge fund has given its investors a return of over 60% for the past five years. Although Erin is tempted to put her money in the fund, she decides to conduct due diligence on the hedge fund’s assets, because she is aware that past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Good Financial Decision?
Yes
No
Explanation:
1. Joe's decision to invest in stock B is a good financial decision. Since both investments have the same returns, the decision on which investment to take shifts to the standard deviation of the returns, which specifies the variability of the returns. Invariably, the investment with less standard deviation should win the vote. Therefore, Joe's decision is a good financial decision because investment in B has a standard deviation of 9% unlike A's 12%.
2. Putting all eggs in one market as Marcie had done by allocating all her investments in the ESOP is not a good financial decision, theoretically. It is always best to spread the risks, though higher-yielding investments (returns) bear higher risks.
3. The decision of Erin to conduct due diligence on the hedge fund's assets, despite its past performance is a good financial decision. Due diligence reveals some behind-the-scene information that are instrumental in making sound business decisions. Who are the present managers of the fund? What systems are in place in the entity to guarantee similar future performance, all things being equal? What market's sentiments and information are available for consideration? These questions, and many others can be answered through a due diligence. Surely, "past performance is no guarantee of future results."
I would say that the market economy and westward expansion promoted the institution of slavery as in the new United States whereby in order to sell more say cotton at a cheap price (the market economy) then the landowners would employ slaves for cheap labour so as to extract maximum profit from their labour.
The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the third choice. The direct result of the problems is that <span>less city workers to plow the streets causing an increase in the number of car accidents during the winter months. </span>I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead!
