You have learned from your training materials that the integration-responsiveness framework juxtaposes the opposing pressures for cost reductions and local responsiveness to derive four different strategies to gain and sustain competitive advantage when competing globally. Which of these four strategies has HP adopted?

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?

1. what is the amount of interest earned after two years on a $100 deposit paying 4 percent simple interest annually? $8.00 $4.08 $8.16 $4.00 2. what is the amount of compound interest earned after three years on a $100 deposit paying 8 percent interest annually? $24.00 $8.00 $16.64 $25.97 3. a business just took out a loan for $100,000 at 10% interest. if the business pays the loan off in three months, how much did the business pay in interest? $2,500.00 $10.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 4. what is the annual percentage yield (apy) for a deposit paying 5 percent interest with monthly compounding? 5.00% 5.12% 79.59% 0.42%

Fractional reserve banking which of the following statements about fractional reserve banking are correct? check all that apply. fractional reserve banking allows banks to create money through the lending process. fractional reserve banking does not allow banks to hold excess reserves. fractional reserve banking allows banks to create additional wealth by lending some reserves. fractional reserve banking relies on everyone not withdrawing their money at the same time.