Answer: The correct answers are "The general level of stock prices" and "The effect of the tax rate on the cost of debt in the weighted average cost of capital equation".
Explanation: The general level of stock prices and the effect of the tax rate on the cost of debt in the weighted average cost of capital equation are outside from firm's control because although companies have knowledge of the market, the general level of stock prices is not controlled by them, but by the market. And the effect of the tax rate is not controlled by companies because the tax rate is set by the state.
Answer: C
Explanation:
Since he turned it down, he must have less money to use with it. There would be no other reason for him to turn it down. Therefore, the project value is negative.
Answer:
D) Catering to entrepreneurs
Explanation:
Catering to entrepreneurship is a business practice carried out by corporations that generally seek to purchase start ups for the new technologies that they developed (including patents) rather than for their business model or profits. E.g. [email protected] paid $2 billion for Oculus, and Google acquired Nest for $3.2 billion. None of these companies actually made any money, but the innovations that they develop may generate a lot of money if they are backed up by a major player.
In this case, catering for entrepreneurs is a similar concept applied within an organization that tries to foster innovations.
a. The self-driving vehicle industry is changing too much for the top-down approach to be effective.
b. The top-down approach can only be applied to specific business functions.
c. The top-down approach leaves other employees uncertain about their roles in the company.
d. The top-down approach is expensive to maintain, leaving the company at a competitive disadvantage.
Answer:
a. The self-driving vehicle industry is changing too much for the top-down approach to be effective.
Explanation:
The top-down approach is a model in which there is a hierarchical style and the decisions are made by the manager and then informed down the organizational chart and the lower levels have to accept the decisions. In this approach, people in the lower levels have low participation and influence on the decisions and as the firm's industry is changing too much, this people would posses crucial information and specialized knowledge that the top level might not have and because of that, this approach might not be effective. According to that, the answer is that this scenario is wrong because the self-driving vehicle industry is changing too much for the top-down approach to be effective.
Answer:
France should specialize in producing phones and import computers from Sweden
Explanation:
France can produce: 4 phones or 3 computers
The opportunity cost of producing 1 phone = (3 ÷ 4)
= 0.75 computers
The opportunity cost of producing 1 computer = (4 ÷ 3)
= 1.33 phones
Sweden can produce: 1 phone or 2 computers
The opportunity cost of producing 1 phone = (2 ÷ 1)
= 2 computers
The opportunity cost of producing 1 computer = (1 ÷ 2)
= 0.5 phones
According to the comparative advantage,
Sweden has a comparative advantage in producing computers because the opportunity cost of producing computers is lower for Sweden than for France.
France has a comparative advantage in producing phones because the opportunity cost of producing phones is lower for France than for Sweden and import computers from Sweden because Sweden has a comparative advantage in producing computers.
