Answer:
A. a systematic approach to understand the organization
Explanation:
Business diagnosis can be defined as a strategic technique which typically involves the process of defining, identifying and classifying the various business processes, logistics, product quality in order to have an indepth understanding and knowledge about an organization.
The diagnostic process is a systematic approach to understand the organization because it involves critically studying all its aspects and areas.
Hence, the information gathered through the diagnostic process can be used by the management to facilitate its decision-making process and its competitive advantage.
Answer:
The marginal utility of the fourth plate is zero or below zero
Explanation:
The reason is that the law of diminishing marginal utility says that the marginal utility of a product declines upon continuous consumption of that item. This means that the utility before the consumption of first buffet was high and when the second buffet was consumed by the same person the utility was further reduced and so on. This means that the utility must be positive which if is higher enough then the customer is will to pay and eat the buffet again. If it is zero or below zero the customer is not willing to pay for the buffet. This is the reason the person doesn't ordered the item again.
You can not eat the same buffet for all the 365 days. This means the taste of a tasty food fades away after some time or I would say that the utility is gone. Same is the case when you will keep using cellphone for a period and then sell it or dispose it because the item doesn't entertains you or in other words the utility has significantly fallen and is almost zero or below zero.
Answer:
It will take 30.10 year
Explanation:
We have given initial investment $500000
Future value = $ 1 million = $1000000
Rate of interest r = 1.79 %
We have to find the time taken to reach the amount $1000000
We know that future value is equal to 
Taking log both side
n×0.0077 = 0.3010
n = 39.09 year
Now in second case rate of interest
r = 2.34 %
So 
taking log both side
log 2 = n log 1.0234
n×0.01 = 0.3010
n = 30.10 year
Answer:
A. = (15% X $2M) + (21% X $2M) = $720,000. Since there is no mechanism for mitigating double taxation, the branch profit will be taxed on the to tax rate of 15% and 21% which is $300,000 and $420,000.
B. The total tax for $2m branch profit if US corporations can remove foreign based profit from US taxation will be just the 15% x $2m = $300,000.
C.If they are allowed to take deductions for foreign income taxes, the total tax on the $2m branch profit will be (21% -15%) x $2m = $120,000.
Explanation:
D.1. If credit are allowed for foreign income tax paid, total tax will be ($2m - $300,000 been foreign tax paid) x 21% = $357,000
D.2.
If the charge foreign income taxes at 30% and US corporations can claim refundable credit for foreign income tax paid on foreign source income = ($2m - $300,000 been the foreign income tax paid) = $1 700,000 x 30% = $510,000
Answer:
Alpha for A is 1.40%; Alpha for B is -0.2%.
Explanation:
First, we use the CAPM to calculate the required returns of the two portfolios A and B given the risks of the two portfolios( beta), the risk-free return rate ( T-bill rate) and the Market return rate (S&P 500) are given.
Required Return for A: Risk-free return rate + Beta for A x ( Market return rate - Risk-free return rate) = 5% + 0.7 x (13% - 5%) = 10.6%;
Required Return for A: Risk-free return rate + Beta for B x ( Market return rate - Risk-free return rate) = 5% + 1.4 x (13% - 5%) = 16.2%;
Second, we compute the alphas for the two portfolios:
Portfolio A: Expected return of A - Required return of A = 12% - 10.6% = 1.4%;
Portfolio B: Expected return of B - Required return of B = 16% - 16.2% = -0.2%.
