New labs just announced that it has received a patent for a product that will eliminate all flu viruses. this news is totally unexpected and viewed as a major medical advancement. which one of the following reactions to this announcement indicates the market for new labs stock is efficient?
a. the price of the new labs stock remains unchanged.
b. the price of new labs stock increases rapidly and then settles back to its pre-announcement level.
c. the price of new labs stock increases rapidly to a higher price and the remains at that price.
d. all stocks quickly increase in value and then all but new labs fall back to their original values.
e. the value of all stocks suddenly increase and then level off at their higher values.

Afinancial institution, the thriftem bank, is in the process of formulating its loan policy for the next quarter. a total of $12 million is allocated for that purpose. being a full-service facility, the bank is obligated to grant loans to different clientele. the following table provides the types of loans, the interest rate charged by the bank, and the possibility of bad debt as estimated from past experience.type of loaninterest rateprobability of bad debtpersonal.140.10car.130.07home.120.03farm.125.05commercial.100.02 bad debts are assumed unrecoverable and hence produce no interest revenue either. competition with other financial institutions in the area requires that the bank allocate at least 40% of the total funds to farm and commercial loans. to assist the housing industry in the region, home loans must equal at least 50% of the personal, car, and home loans. the bank also has a stated policy specifying that the overall ratio for bad debts on all loans may not exceed .04. formulate this problem as a linear program. define your variables clearly and write all the constraints explaining the significance of each.

Determine the hrm’s role in the performance management process and explain how to ensure the process aligns with the organization’s strategic plan.

After jeff bezos read about how the internet was growing by 2,000 percent a month, he set out to use the internet as a new distribution channel and founded amazon, which is now the world's largest online retailer. this is clearly an example of a(n)a. firm that uses closed innovation. b. entrepreneur who commercialized invention into an innovation. c. business that entered the industry during its maturity stage. d. exception to the long tail business model