Answer:
Core competencies
Explanation:
Competencies can be defined as a combination of various skills which are essential to increase productivity.
Core competencies can be described as the different skills and practices which all employees in an organization are expected to possess irrespective of the various department's they belong to.
Some examples of core competencies include:
- Creativity
- Team work
- Technological awareness
- Leadership
- Good sense of organization.
- Accountability
Answer:
Stock A will be preferable for the risk averse Investors.
Explanation:
The reason is that risk is the measure of the vulnerability of the returns on the investment made which means if the return on the investment has greater vulnerability of returns then it is highly risky. So the risk averse investor would prefer stock A with lower risk.
(Special comments:
It must be noted that the higher return shows that the investment is also highly risky because nobody is going to give you more with low risk associated investments. This means lower return on Stock B is also preferable here for the risk averse investor because it carries lower risks.)
Answer:
III) Increase its gross margin
Explanation:
If the company increases its gross margin, it will have a direct impact on the company's net profit. The higher a company's net profit, the higher its value = higher stock price.
The only option that increases the value of the company is to increase its net profit, since:
- an increase in inventory will result in a lower stock price
- a decrease in the asset turnover ratio will result in a lower stock price
- the issuing of stock dividends will only increase the price of stock in the short run, later the price will adjust down since the company's book value will lower
Answer:
The correct answer is:
false (b)
Explanation:
Reduction in the price of a good or service in a competitive market leads to an increase in quantity demanded, which in turn leads to an increase in the production quantity, to cater for the increase in the volume of demand. Hence the reduction in the price of Jacques's fire engines will increase demand and in effect increase the production quantity. With respect to the total revenue, depending on the extent of demand increase, the total revenue might increase or even decrease. If the total demand exceeds the previous demand to make up for the reduction in price, the total revenue will increase, if not so, the total revenue will decrease.
