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What is a corporate finance? - -What investments should you take on? Where will you get the financing to pay for your investment? When the business is successful, how will you share in the rewards? -What is a balance sheet? - -The balance sheet is a snapshot of the firm. It is a convenient means of organising and summarising what a firm owns (its assets), what a firm owes (its liabilities), and the difference between the two (the firm's equity) at a given point in time. -What are current...

-52) What is the primary purpose of financial accounting? A) Determine the amount of tax liability owed to the government. B) Communicate business activities to internal management. C) Measure business activities and communicate those measures to external users to make decisions. D) Measure the profitability of the company in order to assist employees with making decisions. - --ch 1 Answer: C -53) The primary purpose(s) of financial accounting is(are) to: A) Measure and record business t...

The liability of sole proprietors is limited to the amount of their investment in the company. - -FALSE - The liability of sole proprietors is unlimited -General partners have limited personal liability for business debts in a limited partnership. - -FALSE - General partners have unlimited personal liability in a limited partnership. -The liabili

The liability of sole proprietors is limited to the amount of their investment in the company. - -FALSE - The liability of sole proprietors is unlimited -General partners have limited personal liability for business debts in a limited partnership. - -FALSE - General partners have unlimited personal liability in a limited partnership. -The liabili

external scale economies - -when the average cost of the typical firm declines as the output of the industry within a geographic area increases -internal scale economies - -firm specific, caused internally -product differentiation - -the process of distinguishing a product or service from others, to make it more attractive to a particular target

Financial markets promote economic efficiency by - -channeling funds from savers to investors. -The bond markets are important because they are - -the markets where interest rates are determined. -The interest rate on Baa (medium quality) corporate bonds is _____, on average, than other interest rates, and the spread between it and other rates b

What is engineering? - -the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by study, experience, and practice is applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind. -ABET - -The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology -What is s

trade surplus - -exporting more than is imported -trade deficit - -exporting less than is imported -net exports - -exports-imports -balance of trade - -goods and services traded -balance of payments - -summary of a country's international trade -within a given year -in domestic country's currency -made of current and financial accounts -curre

Comparative Advantage - -The ability of a country to produce a g/s at a lower opportunity cost than competitors -Gains from trade - -The net benefits from entering into voluntary trade. Increases when countries specialize in g/s they have CA in -Autarky - -When a country does not trade with other countries -Inter-Industry Trade - -Trade of produ