Ch.1 financial intermediation results from economies of scale and the specialization of financial transactions. (banks, inv. companies [mutual & pension funds], insurance companies, credit unions, brokerage firms, investment banks). Inv. banks assist firms in raising capital, create the market for innovative new securities that meet the risk and return demand (CMOs, collateralized mortgage obligations – derivative security that separates the cash flows of a mortgage pool into different classes…
strategies for growth: ee market penetration, ne market development, en product development,nn diversification downsizing: eliminate products/units that are not profitable/no longer fit the overall strategy prod and serv lvls of prod core cust. value > actual prod: features, design, packaging, quality, brand name > augmented prod: warranty, after-sale serv., prod support, delivery/credit prod+serv class consumer prod: convenience, shopping, specialty, unsought industrial prod: materials+parts, capital…
Oxford English Dictionary, “cheat” defined as act dishonesty or unfair in order to gain an advantages. Whereas exam cheating refers to the situation where students break exam room rules and behave dishonest to their exam paper with the purpose of achieving a good result in the examination. Nowadays, students cheating during the examination become a social issue in our country. There are some reasons why students cheating during examination. First and foremost, students cheat during examination because…
Cyber Stalking Stalking: series of actions that would cause a person to fear death or injury Spam (Bulk email marketing) Internet version of junk mail Where do they get email addys? - legitimate companies - Newsgroup Extractors - Websites Extractors Avoiding Spam - Use phoney address - Use anonymous remailer - Use “AT” in your email address instead of @. Internet Fraud / Identity Theft Credit Card Fraud: The unauthorized use of credit cards to obtain money or property Common ways…
Abbreviations |B.P. Bond Payable |PIC Paid In Capital.| |C.S. Common Stock |APIC Additional PIC | |CSE Common SE |PMR Profit Margin | |EOF End of |Ratio | |Financing (Period) |PV Present Value | |FV Future Value |R.E. Retained | |IE Interest Expense|Earnings | |I.S. Income |S.H. ShareHolder | |Statement |S.E. ShareHolder | |FS Financial |Equity | |Statements |SYD Sum of the | |LCM…
Competitive Priorities The critical dimensions that a process or supply chain must possess to satisfy its internal or external customers, both now and in the future. Competitive capabilities The cost, quality, time, and flexibility dimensions that a process or supply chain actually possesses and is able to deliver. Order Winners The criterion customers use to differentiate the services or products of one firm from those of another. Productivity The value of outputs (services and products)…
90%= 1.645 95% = 1.96 98% = 2.33 99% = 2.575 Hypothesis Testing *A credit card company wondered whether giving frequent flyer miles for every purchase would increase card usage, which has a current mean of $2500 per year. They gave free flyer miles to a simple random sample of 25 card customers and found the sample mean to be $2542 and the standard deviation to be $109. n= 25 Ho (Claim) µ=2500 OR Ha µ > 2500 *Use t-table n .50 Ha…
Misuses of Language (Linguistic Misuses) 1. Ambiguity – a term/sentence has 2 or more diff reasonable meanings a. Lexical詞匯Ambiguity e.g. I don’t like love games b. Syntactic Ambiguity e.g. The CE wants ICAC to help corrupt officers 2. Shift/distortion of meaning – original meaning is shifted from 1 sense to another or distorted inappropriately e.g. stricter discipline doesn’t mean to torture children; when was you the richest? 3. Incomplete meaning – A sentence may be grammatically correct but…
Students shouldn’t cheat in exams “Cheating by using the work of others is the same as ruining your life with drugs” Without having any doubt, it is something that we all want to do. Many of us have done it in one way or another whether we are willing to admit it or not. It has been and will continue to be an issue for school communities throughout the nation. (Thesis Statement) “What I am trying to persuade you people hers is students should not cheat in exams because it’s unethical and…
sure you have 10 pages in your copy of the exam and answer each question in the space provided. You may consult one page of notes and a calculator. I understand that the honor code applies: I will not lie, cheat, or steal to gain an academic advantage, or tolerate those who do. _______________________________________ (Signature) _______________________________________ (Printed Name) _______ (Block) Each of the 11 questions on the exam is worth 10 points. You get 2 points for following…