a. The company increases its average inventory without increasing its sales. b. The company reduces its days sales outstanding (DSO). c. The company starts paying its bills sooner, which reduces its average accounts payable without reducing its sales. d. Statements a and b are correct. e. All of the statements above are correct.

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

Why would adjusting the money supply be expected to increase economic growth during a recession? a) increasing the money supply will encourage more saving. b) increased money supply will encourage more spending and investment. co) decreased money supply will encourage more spending and investment. d) recession is caused by too much