Bank a pays 9.5% interest, compounded annually, on deposits, while bank b pays 9%, compounded daily. a. based on the ear (or eff%), which bank should you use? b. could your choice of banks be influenced by the fact that you might want to withdraw your funds during the year as opposed to at the end of the year? assume that your funds must be left on deposit during an entire compounding period in order to receive any interest.

Coca-cola was primarily known for its core competencies in marketing, bottling, and distributing aerated drinks. however, with the success of gatorade, coca-cola developed competencies in the development and marketing of its own sports drink, powerade. which of the following is true of coca-cola? a. it is leveraging existing core competencies to improve current market position. b. it is building new core competencies to protect and extend its current market position. c. it is redeploying and recombining existing core competencies to compete in markets of the future. d. it is targeting the chasm between the early adopter and early majority market segment.