Answer:
A. Differentiation strategies
Explanation:
- Different strategies seek to create greater value for their customers by creating goods and services that offer unique features that make them competitors. This is done by trying to keep the same or similar (perhaps slightly more expensive) price level as the competition.
- In this case Beach Grub offers a variety of services, keeping its prices higher than competing but not more than luxury restaurants.
Answer: (e.) The same pay as either a professor or as a chief economist at the Humane Society.
Explanation:
The correct answer would be <u>option (e)</u> because in this case there lies an ambiguity i.e. we are uncertain about skillets that an economists should be endowed with or for being a faculty member.
Therefore , it can be concluded that he would get at least as good pay as being faculty. In both cases he'll be better off.
Answer:
(2) 4%
Explanation:
The portfolio is considered to be less risky if its volatility is low. The higher standard deviation the more risky is the project. For Duke Energy and Microsoft the investment portfolio required is risk free investment. To calculate the risk free rate we calculate using the formula;
Var Rp = x1 2Var R1 + x2 2Var R2 +2 x1 x2 Corr (R1, R2) SD1 SD2
Var Rp = 0.14 + 0.44 + 2 (1) * (-1) * 6% * 24%
Solving for this we get the risk free investment at 4%.
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