Which of the following does NOT describe the front-end business practices of firms that respect the strategic roles of purchasing? a. Product development is regarded as a front-end business practice.
b. Creativity does not require discipline.
c. Marketing in general is regarded as a front-end business practice.
d. High level of uncertainty is about the fact that people have to make important decisions and although they do not have all the relevant information they need.
e. Front-end business practices are discovery-driven in that they explore and create from what they do not know about.

Jimmy owns an ice cream parlor. he designs a schedule for the different tasks the employees have to perform in order to prevent monotony at work. according to the schedule, if an employee makes waffle cones on a day, he serves ice creams the next day and clears the tables on the day after that. jimmy is using the approach at his ice cream parlor.

If his parents cannot alex with college, and two of his scholarships will be awarded to other students if he does not accept them immediately, which is the best option for him?

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?