1. Why would a business choose an internal growth strategy
rather than an external growth strategy?
2. What industry conditions would be most likely to lead a firm to
pursue external growth?
3. In your opinion is an offensive or defensive collaboration more
effective as a tool to gain competitiveness? Why?
4. What if a company chooses NOT to align with the dominant
design that emerges in the latter stages of the life cycle—but
instead chooses to continue to pursue...
There are two benefits for why individual investors would choose
mutual funds rather than individual stock purchases. The two
benefits from the book are diversification and the expertise of
mutual fund mangers. Look up Warren Buffet famous 10-year bet with
a hedge fund manager in order to discuss how he would explain how
we would choose mutual funds based on the benefits.
Jenna Elfman, the Manager of Flight Scheduling for the Flying
Airlines, is currently considering some alternatives for its
flights from Sydney to Hawaii.
Currently the flight is non-stop but it is considering having a
stop in Fiji.
She considers that the route would attract additional passengers
if the stop is made but that there would also be additional
variable costs.
Currently the non-stop flight provides the following revenues
and costs for the single flight:
Currently the non-stop flight provides the...
On Time Airlines claims their average delay is less than 15
minutes per flight. A random sample of 35 flights has a sample mean
of 14 minutes and standard deviation of 7 minutes. You will need to
test the claim that the average delay is less than 15 minutes per
flight using a 2.5% level of significance.
a) State the hypotheses
b) Find the rejection region.
c) Will you reject or retain the null hypothesis? Show all work
to support...
Provide some examples of items that would be adjusted directly
against equity, rather than being included as part of profit or
loss. (10 marks, maximum 650 words)
Provide some example of items that would be adjusted
directly against equity, rather than being included as a part of
profit or loss . Maximum words 650
A firm may choose a project with a rapid payback period rather
than one with a larger net present value. Discuss the validity of
this statement.
paragraph answer: