What are the typical types of risk faced by a firm?

What will be an ideal response?


Changes in supply and demand conditions, changes in technology, increased competition, changes in interest rates and inflation rates, exchange rate changes, and political risk are typical types of risk faced by firms.

Economics

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In 1996, an advisory committee of economists that studied the CPI found

a. no bias in the CPI b. that in a typical year the CPI overstates the inflation rate by at least 1.1 percent per year c. that the CPI consistently overestimates the inflation rate by less than 1 percent per year d. that the CPI typically underestimates the inflation rate e. that the CPI is somewhat erratic; it occasionally underestimates and occasionally overestimates the inflation rate

Economics

Why do many prospective voters choose to watch sports on television rather than watching the news or political roundtables? In your answer, be sure to mention the role played by rational ignorance

Economics

A rare coin dealer is likely to have a ________ price elasticity of supply than does a coffee shop due to ________.

A. more elastic; the availability of inputs B. more elastic; a longer adjustment time C. less elastic; the availability of inputs D. more elastic; a shorter adjustment time

Economics

Briefly explain the shape of the per-worker production curve in the Solow model. If investment per worker initially exceeds saving per worker, how is the steady-state capital-labor ratio achieved?

What will be an ideal response?

Economics