An investor owns two companies, A and B, each with its own intranet which has been in use for several years. An investigation of the intranets shows that Company A intranet performs better than Company B intranet. What could be the reasons behind this? Explain, giving examples.
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An investor owns two companies, A and B, each with its own intranet which has been in use for sev...
A quality control inspector is interested in comparing two concreting companies with respect to overall quality of their work. One measure of quality is whether or not the concrete that has been poured is at least 15 centimeters (cm) thick. The inspector has recorded details for jobs from both companies and is now interested in whether the companies differ with respect to this measure of quality. Let p1 denote the true proportion of times that Company 1 will fail to...
1. An investor has been thinking about starting her own independent women's beautification business. The investor's problem is to decide how large her business should be. The annual returns will depend on both the size of her business and a number of marketing factors related to the beauty industry and demand for beautification. The following payoff table gives the profits that would be realized during the next year for each of four investment alternatives (in 000'OMR) Size of Station Good...
An investor is faced with two risky asset portfolios (each of which is highly diversified within its asset class) an equity fund and a bond fund. The investor is aware that asset returns are not always normally distributed, but is nonetheless prepared to use the normal distribution as a tool for the estimation of approximate portfolio risks and expected returns. The equity fund has a forecast expected return of +11 % pa over the time horizon of 12 months, and...
A firm has two divisions, each of which has its own manager. Managers of these divisions are paid according to their effort in promoting produc- tivity in their divisions. The payment scheme is based on a comparison of the two outcomes. If both managers have expended “high effort,” each earns $150,000 a year. If both have expended “low effort,” each earns “only” $100,000 a year. But if one of the two managers shows “high effort” whereas the other shows “low...
(U HII UI lie above 9. Which TWO of the following are correct reasons that could explain why most CFO's still rely on the CAPM to estimate cost of capital in spite of the fact that it fails to explain the returns on all stocks? (a) More investors still only care about the risks captured by the CAPM, and therefore the cost-of-capital given by the CAPM, than any other model (b) There is not necessarily a reliably better/generally accepted alternative...
As discussed in the video introduction, accounting fraud in large public companies has produced its fair share of major news headlines over the past 20 years. Even though laws like Sarbanes Oxley have been put in place to minimize the opportunity for financial fraud, the threat is still real in today’s corporate environment. Imagine you have been hired to oversee the financial audit of a major company in your city. During the audit, one of the company’s employees has disclosed...
An investor is faced with two risky asset portfolios (each of which is highly diversified within its asset class) - an equity fund and a bond fund. The investor is aware that asset returns are not always normally distributed, but is nonetheless prepared to use the normal distribution as a tool for the estimation of approximate portfolio risks and expected returns. The equity fund has a forecast expected return of +11 % pa over the time horizon of 12 months,...
Why Auto Makers Are Building New Factories in Mexico, Not the U.S. Mexico has accelerated past the U.S. South in the global competition for auto investment. Mexico’s low wages and improved logistics were part of the draw. Also, many companies, such as Audi, are attracted by Mexico’s unrivaled trade relationships. Mexico has more than 40 different free-trade agreements. The pacts give exporters from Mexico duty-free access to markets that contain 60% of the world’s economic output. The United States is...
Solve using the Simplex Method You own two gold refining companies, A and B. Company A costs $20,000 per day to operate, and it can produce 400 grams of high-grade gold, 300 grams of medium-grade gold, and 200 grams of low-grade gold each day. Company B costs $25,000 per day to operate, and it can produce 300 grams of high-grade gold, 400 grams of medium-grade gold, and 500 grams of low-grade gold each day. You have orders totaling 25,000 grams...
King Companies, Inc. (KCI) is a private company that owns five auto parts stores in urban Los Angeles, California. KCI has expanded from two auto parts stores to five stores in the last three years, and it plans continued growth. Eric and Patricia King own the majority of the shares in KCI. Eric is the chairman of the board of directors and CEO of KCI, and Patricia is a director as well as the CFO. Shares not owned by Eric...