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Give two reasons why the early exercise of an American call option on a non-dividend-paying stock is not optimal.
You have received a business research report done by a consultant for your firm, a life insuance company. The study is a survey of customer satisfaction based on a sample of 600.
What are some of the important reasons that this research project may fail to make an adequate contribution to the solution of management problems?
You have been asked to determine how hospitals prepare and train volunteers. Since you know relatively little about this subject, how will you find out? be as specific as possible?
“The early exercise of an American put is a trade-off between the time value of money and the insurance value of a put.” Explain this statement.
Explain why an American call option on a dividend-paying stock is always worth at least as much as its intrinsic value. Is the same true of a European call option? Explain your answer.
A hospital has received an invoice from one of its vendors for $60,000. The terms are 1/10, net 45. Explain the meaning of the terms.
The risk-free rate is 4% per annum. What is the price of a 3-month European put option with a strike price of $20'?
A newly purchased piece of equipment has the following:
From the standpoint of management, are there any differences between attempting to control bad debt expense percentages and research and development expenses?
Tapley Dental Associates is considering a project that has the following cash flow data. What is the project's payback (in years)?
What type of data would one collect when using a focus group to conduct a survey? Explain?
Discuss this viewpoint. Should the farmer estimate his or her expected production of corn and hedge to try to lock in a price for expected production'?
What is the best way to ensure that an organization is complying with employment laws? Explain your answer.
Explain why under the gold standard a perpetual surplus or a perpetual deficit is impossible.
The company decides to use a hedge ratio of 0.8. How does the decision affect the way in which the hedge is implemented and the result?
"If there is no basis risk, the minimum variance hedge ratio is always 1.0." Is this statement true'? Explain your answer.
"For an asset where futures prices are usually less than spot prices, long hedges are likely to be particularly attractive." Explain this statement.
Does a perfect hedge always succeed in locking in the current spot price of an asset for a future transaction? Explain your answer.
Firms often involve themselves in projects that do not result directly in profits. Do these projects contradict the goal of maximization of shareholder wealth? Why or why not?
March, May, July, September, and December. State the contract that should be used for hedging when the expiration of the hedge is in (a) June, (b) July, and (c) January.
Do the strategic benefits of stimulus generalization outweigh its possible disadvantages in strategic marketing? Explain your answer.
Discuss how you would design a foreign exchange hedging strategy and the arguments you would use to sell the strategy to your fellow executives.
When a business is deciding to buy from suppliers, how important is price in their decision process? Are there differences from the way a consumer considers price?
What is the difference between portfolio risk and stand-alone risk? What is the relevance of each to an investor (or, is each relevant?)?