You are the general manager of a regional chemical company. in the course of producing your bulk chemicals, large amount of particles and smoke are emitted through your plant's smokestack. the level of pollutants is well below current epa regulations, and you are violating no laws, but neighborhood groups are complaining about minor health problems caused by the smoke. after investigating numerous alternatives, you find the most effective solution would be to install a "scubber" system which will remove 90% of the pollutants and ash. the cost of the "scrubber" system is $10 milion and your company's annual profits are $2 million. who are you company's stakholders to consider in this scenario and would you install it?

What is the relationship among market segmentation, target markts, and consumer profiles?

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Acorporation a. can use different depreciation methods for tax and financial reporting purposes b. must use the straight - line depreciation method for tax purposes and double declining depreciation method financial reporting purposes c. must use different depreciation method for tax purposes, but strictly mandated depreciation methods for financial reporting purposes d. can use straight- line depreciation method for tax purposes and macrs depreciation method financial reporting purposes