Rob is a financial manager with Sharez, an investment advisory company. He must select specific investments—for example, stocks and bonds—from a variety of investment alternatives. Restrictions on the type of permissible investments would be a _________ in this case
a. feasible solution
b. surplus variable
c. slack variable
d. constraint
d
RATIONALE: The constraints, in portfolio selection problems, usually take the form of restrictions on the type of permissible investments, state laws, company policy, maximum permissible risk, and so on.
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A) unissued shares minus authorized shares. B) outstanding shares plus treasury shares. C) subscribed shares plus outstanding shares. D) authorized shares minus treasury shares.
The BCG matrix considers two dimensions: ________ and ________
A) profits; costs B) market attractiveness; profit potential C) market share; market growth rate D) production costs; marketing costs E) customer needs; business objectives
Giselle is happy with her job at the firm. She works hard during the week and accomplishes her tasks on time. She spends her time on the weekend volunteering with her philanthropy group. The philanthropy group does not have anything to do with the firm. She just enjoys working on projects for less fortunate people. Giselle is
a. Extrinsically motivated b. Extraneously motivated c. Inherently motivated d. Intrinsically motivated
Venus Office Supplies offers customers a $0.50 coupon for turning in their empty printer cartridges. Venus collects the cartridges and then returns them to the producer for recycling. This is an example of ________.
A. inbound logistics B. outbound logistics C. reducing transactions D. order processing E. reverse logistics