Answer:
The answer is A.
Explanation:
Operations management involves all activities which produce and deliver goods and services. Operation is a core function in any organization.
The primary objective of operations management is to make use of the organizational resources to generate or produce goods and services.
All options except option A(Understanding the drivers of customer utility) are goals of operation management
Answer:
The Implementation Phase
Explanation:
A marketing plan refers to a a future course of action relating to marketing tactics a firm is planning to employ and specifies the goals and objectives which are to be achieved. It provides direction and guides marketing efforts in a single direction i.e towards attainment of marketing objectives.
A strategic marketing plan is an in-depth marketing plan which specifies the long term marketing strategies, the markets in which the firm shall compete, the target customers and the means to attain marketing goals.
Such a plan incorporates the following phases:
- Analysis : It means situational analyses and assessing organizational strengths and weaknesses and matching them with environmental threats and opportunities.
- Planning: This involves conducting marketing research and product testing and also planning for the price, promotion and distribution of products.
- Implementation: It refers to putting the plans into action and placing the products in the market based upon the distribution channel and markets planned for in previous stages.
- Control: This refers to analyzing sales, profit margins and customer satisfaction. Measuring the deviations against figures as anticipated and making necessary modifications in the marketing strategy accordingly.
In the given case, the video game company had planned well w.r.t it's joint venture and strategy but failed to implement it effectively. This points to the company failing at the implementation phase of the strategic marketing process.
The primary advantages for most companies entering the realm of franchising are capital, speed of growth, motivated management, and risk reduction
Complete question:
Security Term (years) Yield (%)
Treasury 2 0 5.5%
AAA Corporate 2 0 7.0%
BBB Corporate 20 8.0%
B Corporate 2 0 9.6%
Wyatt Oil is contemplating issuing a 20-year bond with semiannual coupons, a coupon rate of 7%, and a face value of $1000. Wyatt Oil believes it can get a BBB rating from Standard and Poor's for this bond issue. If Wyatt Oil is successful in getting a BBB rating, then the issue price for these bonds would be closest to:
A) $891 B) $901 C) $1,000 D) $800
Answer:
If Wyatt Oil is successful in getting a BBB rating, then the issue price for these bonds would be closest to: $901
Solution:
Given,
FV = 1000,
N = 40,
I = 4,
PMT = 35
Compute PV ,
PV = 
PV = 901.04
If Wyatt Oil is successful in getting a BBB rating, then the issue price for these bonds would be closest to: $901
