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Two factors account for prominence of US Treasuries 1) Volume 2) Liquidity Department of Treasury = largest global single issuer of debt. Most active/liquid market in the world. All Treausury securities are noncallable. Thus, investors are not subject to call risk Marketable Treasury secs fixed-principal securities or inflation-indexed securities Treasury Bills - issued at discount - no coupon - one year or less - return to the investor = the difference between the maturity value a...

All The US debt market is larger than the US equity market? T/F of the following are differentiating factors of fixed income securities versus equity securities except for: Fixed claim Higher priority on cash flows Tax deductibility by issuer Infinite Life Infinite Life A bond's CUSIP is defined as: A) A unique nine digit number to identify individual bonds B) A number assigned by the SEC to all registered bond offerings Only A is correct All of the following are differences in h...

Which view claims that the phenomenon of globalization was initially driven by the desire of Western economies to exploit their power through multinational enterprises? The new force view Economic gains come from international trade because one country's exported goods, services, or other items are unique, valuable, and difficult to duplicate to the importing countries. Which view does this statement portray? Resource Based Vew What is the aggregation of importing and exporting that leads t...

New, Evolutionary, and Pendulum "New" view on globalization A force sweeping through the world in recent times. "Evolutionary" view on globalization A long-run historical evolution since the dawn of human history "Pendulum" view on globalization One that swings from one extreme to another from time to time Foreign Direct Investment Direct investment in, control, and management of value-added activities in other countries Political views on FDI Radical View, Free Market View, Prag...

Events that happen on a previous night's talk show become part of the next morning's discussions on the bus or around the watercooler. This phenomenon refers to: A. Social Currency B. Subcultures C. Parasocial Interaction D. Source A. Social Currency People yelling back at the television as their team makes a good or bad play during televised sports game is called: A. Noise B. Feedback C. Channel D. Decoding B. Feedback Interest groups with an influence on the production of media r...

Amanda is measuring the temperature. She looks at the thermometer and sees that it is somewhere between 65 and 66 degrees Fahrenheit. She is okay with the temperature in between two integers because she knows temperature is not ________ data, but temperature is _________ data. Discrete, Continuous The first stage of Davenport and Kim's Three Stage Model of quantitative decision making is to... ...frame the problem. A manager is looking at his previous quarter and determining the causes for ...

An organization develops a new strategic plan and seeks ways to measure its performance over a specific period of time. Which system enables the organization to measure performance based upon established global standards? ISO Analytics is a broad term that refers to a variety of tools that inform managerial decisions. Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions? Predictive What are two reasons for the increasing use of analytics in organizational decision making? Relatively low...

Results-based management does NOT need which of the following? a Statistically complex indicators b Constant monitoring c Collaboration between all participants d A common goal among everyone involved a Statistically complex indicators Results-based management uses simple indicators in order to be more flexible to the constant changes of running a business. Which one of the following is NOT an example of big data? a Department store questionnaires for online shoppers b The number ...

Performance measures are used to _______ the efficiency of an individual or group by using _________ and analytics. evaluate, data collection What does KPI stand for? Key Performance Indicator Which of the following could be an appropriate key performance indicator (KPI)? consumer return rate Which of the following is an advantage of key performance indicators (KPIs)? KPIs can be used as a tool across an entire organization. What is a balanced scorecard? A management tool that measures ...

A SIPOC diagram helps you manage quality in which of the following ways? a It helps you understand how process elements fit together. b It ensures you focus on the internal work you and your team do. c It ensures that "what gets measured gets done." d It emphasizes how stakeholders perceive quality. a It helps you understand how process elements fit together. A SIPOC diagram ensures that you take a broad view of work instead of focusing only on internal work. It also considers the qu...