In the simple linear regression model, the slope represents the:
a. value of y when x = 0 c. value of x when y = 0.
b. average change in y per unit change in x. d. average change in x per unit change in y.
B
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Fact Pattern 29-2BGeneral Leasing Company (GLC) buys equipment for use as inventory, borrowing $1 million from Helpful Finance Corporation for a security interest in the equipment. The next day, GLC borrows $500,000 from Interstate Bank, also for a security interest in the equipment. GLC defaults on both loans.Refer to Fact Pattern 29-2B. Suppose that two weeks after GLC takes possession of the equipment, Helpful and Interstate file financing statements, with Interstate filing first. In that circumstance, the party with priority to the equipment is
A. GLC. B. Helpful and Interstate proportionately. C. Helpful only. D. Interstate only.
________ refers to the way a company finances itself through some combination of loans, bond sales, preferred stock sales, common stock sales, and retention of earnings
A) Capital structure B) Cost of capital C) Working capital management D) NPV
Goal-Setting Process (Scenario)Steve Walker, the head of Human Resources at Talladega Instruments, wants to revamp the goal-setting process in his organization. Over the last several years, employees' goals have been the result of a simple top-down approach-goals set by top managers flow down through the organization and become subgoals for each organizational area. These goals are passed down to each succeeding level and guide individual employees as they work to achieve those assigned goals. However, it has recently been brought to Steve's attention that several employees are frustrated because they are unable to meet their goals and are losing out on their annual bonuses.Which of the following statements, if true, would support the argument for the use of the traditional goal setting
approach? A. The company's allotted budget for the payment of employee incentives has been declining. B. The company's senior executives have a clear idea about the direction they want the company to take. C. The results of an in-house company survey reveal that employee engagement levels are at an all time low. D. The company's profits have been on a downward spiral since the recent economic recession.
You plan to analyze the value of a potential investment by calculating the sum of the present values of its expected cash flows. Which of the following would increase the calculated value of the investment?
A. The discount rate increases. B. The cash flows are in the form of a deferred annuity, and they total to $100,000. You learn that the annuity lasts for 10 years rather than 5 years, hence that each payment is for $10,000 rather than for $20,000. C. The discount rate decreases. D. The riskiness of the investment's cash flows increases. E. The total amount of cash flows remains the same, but more of the cash flows are received in the later years and less are received in the earlier years.