Your grandmother has promised to give you $10,000 when you graduate from college. She is expecting you to graduate three years from now. What happens to the present value of this gift if you speed up your graduation by one year and graduate two years from now?

a) remains constant

b) increases

c) decreases

d) becomes negative

e) cannot be determined from the information provided

Which of the following results from outsourcing jobs from the united states to other countries? a. increasing exports out the united states. b. lower wages for u.s. workers. c. reduced immigration to the united states. d. subsidies for goods made in the united states. 2b2t

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.