Identify cultures in which abuse (child, intimate partner, adult, elder) is defined differently.

For example - Consider the following:

- the use of a belt to spank a child

- a cultural attitude that recommends circumcision of young girls (removal of and suturing of the vaginal opening)

- a culture that severely punishes a rapist but financially and emotionally supports the female survivor or a child born of that rape.

-a culture that kills its infants if they are inform and there is not enough food and shelter available.

Q1.      What additional concerns might a corporate Chief Financial Officer (CFO) face when a company expands into international markets?

(Ref: BMA, 13/e, Ch 1&12)

Answer:

Q2.      Fajer Inc., a retailer in the home improvement industry, currently operates seven retail outlets in Manama and Dubai. Management is contemplating building an eighth retail store across town from its most successful retail outlet. The company already owns the land for this store, which currently has an abandoned warehouse located on it. Last month, the marketing department spent $100,000 on market research to determine the extent of customer demand for the new store. Now Fajer Inc. must decide whether to build and open the new store.

            Which of the following should be included as part of the incremental earnings for the proposed new retail store?

a.   The cost of the land where the store will be located.

b.   The cost of demolishing the abandoned warehouse and clearing the lot.

c.   The loss of sales in the existing retail outlet, if customers who previously drove across town to shop at the existing outlet become customers of the new store instead.

d.   The $100,000 in market research spent to evaluate customer demand.

e.   Construction costs for the new store.

f.    The value of the land if sold.

g.   Interest expense on the debt borrowed to pay the construction costs.

(Ref: BMA, 13/e, Ch 5&6)

Answer:

Q3. Explain the similarities and differences between Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability Index (PI), and Economic Value Added (EVA).

(Ref: BMA, 13/e, Ch 5, 6, &12)

Answer:

Q4.      Which of the following bonds will have the greatest percentage increase in value if all interest rates decrease by 1 percent?

• 10-year zero coupon bond.
• 20-year zero coupon bond.
• 20-year 10 percent coupon bond.
• 20-year 5 percent coupon bond.
• 1-year 10 percent coupon bond.

(Ref: BMA, 13/e, Ch 2)

Answer:

Q5.      The relationship between a bond’s yield to maturity and coupon interest rate can be used to predict its pricing level. For each of the bonds listed below, state whether the price of the bond will be at a premium to par, at par, or at a discount to par.

(Ref: BMA, 13/e, Ch 3)

Answer:

A 0.01 significance level is used for a hypothesis test of the claim that when parents use a particular method of gender​ selection, the proportion of baby girls is different from 0.5. Assume that sample data consists of 78 girls in 169 ​births, so the sample statistic of six thirteenths results in a z score that is 1 standard deviation below 0. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (h) below. A . Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. Choose the correct answer below. a) H0: p does not equal 0.5 / H1: P>0.5 b.) H0: p =0.5 / H1: p does not equal 0.5 c) H0: p = 0.5 / H1: p> 0.5 d) H0: p=0.5 / H1: p<0.5

B. What is the value of a?

C. What is the sampling distribution of the sample statistic? a. X^2 b. Student (t) distribution c. Normal distribution

D. Is the test two-tailed, left-tailed, or right-tailed?

E. What is the value of the test statistic?

F. What is the P-value?

G. What are the critical value(s)?

H. What is the area of the critical region?

A 0.01 significance level is used for a hypothesis test of the claim that when parents use a particular method of gender​ selection, the proportion of baby girls is different from 0.5. Assume that sample data consists of 66 girls in 144 births, so the sample statistic of 11/24 results in a z score that is 1 standard deviation below 0.

a. Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. Choose the correct answer below.

A.H0​:p=0.5

H1​:p>0.5

B. H0​: p≠0.5

   H1​: p=0.5

C.H0​: p=0.5

H1​: p<0.5

D.H0​: p=0.5

H1​: p≠0.5

b. What is the value of α​?

α=________

​(Type an integer or a​ decimal.)

c. What is the sampling distribution of the sample​ statistic?

Normal distribution

χ2

Student​ (t) distribution

d. Is the test​ two-tailed, left-tailed, or​ right-tailed?

___________

e. What is the value of the test​ statistic?

The test statistic is ____________

f. What is the​ P-value?

The​ P-value is _____________

g. What are the critical​ value(s)?

The critical​ value(s) is/are ________

h. What is the area of the critical​ region?

The area is ________

1.Now state legislators want to make predictions about how changes in consumers’ budgets will impact their consumption behavior. If school supplies and salty snacks are both normal goods with school supplies on the x-axis of the graph and salty snacks on the y-axis, explain how a decrease in consumers’ budgets would impact the consumption of school supplies and salty snacks.

a) Suppose instead that state legislators think school supplies are an inferior good. If consumers’ budgets decrease, explain what would happen to the consumption of both school supplies and salty snacks

Consider 3 time periods (now, a bit later, a lot later).

• The “Now” period:  If a student goes to school now, they will have to pay $100 for books/transportation/fees/etc.  In addition, they will not be able to work, hence the family income is reduced by $600.
• The “a bit later” period:  If a person goes to school in the “now” period, they will earn $500 more than a person who does not go to school.
• The “a lot later” period:  If a person goes to school in the “now” period, they will earn $1000 more than a person who does not go to school.

1. Suppose that the discount rate is 25%.  Calculate the discounted net present value of going to school in the “now” period.

2. Calculate the internal rate of return.  Use quadratic formula.

Part 1: summarize the article, just one paragraph

Retirees head to Latin America, where middle-class money can buy upper-class lifestyle

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/colombia/article154093359.html#storylink=cpy

Part 2: Link the article to two concepts from chapter 11 (Consumer Identity: social class and lifestyles)

Book: Consumers Behavior, Buying, Having, and Being, Student Value Edition, 11/E Michael R. Solomon, Saint Josephs University

ISBN-10: 0133451151 ISBN-13: 9780133451153

Consider two Thai firms listed on the Bangkok stock exchange:
• Thai A is a mining company that exports a large part of its minerals production. Much larger competitors can be found in Latin and North America. The market price of its production is largely determined in dollars on the world market.
• Thai B imports various engine parts from Europe and the United States. The demand for its product is highly price elastic. A significant rise in baht prices lowers the demand.

What will happen to the earnings and stock prices of the two companies if there is a sudden and large devaluation of the Thai baht against major currencies?

1. Consider two Thai firms listed on the Bangkok stock exchange:
   • Thai A is a mining company that exports a large part of its minerals production. Much larger competitors can be found in Latin and North America. The market price of its production is largely determined in dollars on the world market.
   • Thai B imports various engine parts from Europe and the United States. The demand for its product is highly price elastic. A significant rise in baht prices lowers the demand. What will happen to the earnings and stock prices of the two companies if there is a sudden and large devaluation of the Thai baht against major currencies?