Answer:
Grease payments, Option A, are payments to ensure receiving the standard treatment that a business ought to receive from a foreign government, but might not due to the obstruction of a foreign official
Explanation:
Grease payment is like a bribe which is usually small in amount and is provided to a government official or to a businessman with the aim of expediting a business decision. It may also be used in case any shipment or any transaction needs to be expedited.
Grease payments do not change the result of the foreign official's decision, under FCPA. If it changes the consequence, then it is considered a bribe. In that case, grease payments become illegal. It also depends on the amount given to the official and their frequency to decide if it is illegal.
Answer:
The truth about Macaulay Duration and Modified Duration is:
d. All are true.
Explanation:
Principally, the Macaulay Duration, used mainly with immunization strategies, measures the weighted average time an investor holds a bond until the period when the present value of the bond’s cash flows equals to the initial bond amount.
On the other hand, the Modified Duration, providing a risk measure by being sensitive to interest rates, identifies the amount by which the duration changes for each percentage change in the yield and, at the same time, measures how the amount of a change in the interest rates impacts a bond's price.
Answer:
d. Rise in price of alcohol
Explanation:
Change in Quantity demanded occurs due to change in Price. Change in Demand happens due to factors other than price - Income, Substitute & Complementary good's price, Taste.
Change in alcohol demand - due to substitute Cigarette price change , Change [Decrease] in alcohol demand - due to change in taste based on anti drinking sentiments, higher risk of alcohol liver cirrhosis , Change [Increase] in alcohol demand - due to change [rise] in Income : These all are due to factors other than price & hence are 'Change in Demand'
Rise in price of Alcohol leads to 'Change [Expansion] in Quantity Demanded' due to price change [rise] .
Answer: A
Cross training
Explanation:
Cross training involves teaching an employee the the skills required to execute the task he/she was employed for and also the skills required to perform a different job function. G4S is a security firm and the primary job function of its recruit will be protecting life but there might be case of an injured individual that need quick medical help, in such cases an employee is required to know basic first aid. Hence the need for cross training.
Answer:
O D $0
Explanation:
Opportunity cost is the cost of the next best option forgone when one alternative is chosen over other alternatives.
Since the land is worthless, there is no next best use of the land. Thus, its opportunity cost is zero.
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