Helena needs to decide whether she can afford to make her bikinis in two additional colors that are trending for the coming season. She knows exactly how much credit she has with suppliers but not exactly how many swimsuits will sell. This is a (programmed, nonprogrammed) decision. If Helena bases her decision partly on past sales data and partly on her intuition from years in the fashion industry, the(political. classical, administrative) model would best describe her decision-making process.

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.

Apopular low-cost airline, parson corp., has gone out of business. although the service and price provided by the airline was what customers wanted, the larger airlines were able to drive the low-cost airline out of business through an aggressive price war. which component of the competitive environment does this illustrate? a) threat of new entrants b)competitors c) economic factors d) customers d) regulators

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity