When Maurice Kendall of the Royal Statistical Society first examined share price patterns, in 1953, he found that A. stocks whose prices had increased consistently for one week tended to have a net decrease the following week
B. certain patterns tended to repeat within business cycles
C. there were definite patterns technical analysts could have used to make a profit from trading on the stock market.
D. stocks whose prices had increased consistently for one week tended to have a net increase the following week
E. there were no predictable patterns in stock prices.

Alocal club is selling christmas trees and deciding how many to stock for the month of december. if demand is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 20, trees have no salvage value at the end of the month, trees cost $20, and trees sell for $50 what is the service level?

Ben collins plans to buy a house for $166,000. if the real estate in his area is expected to increase in value by 2 percent each year, what will its approximate value be five years from now?

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.