A30-year u. s. treasury bond has a 4.0 percent interest rate. in contrast, a 10-year treasury note has an interest rate of 2.5 percent. a maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.2 percentage points for the longer maturity bond. investors expect inflation to average 1.5 percentage points over the next 10 years. estimate the expected real rate of return on the 10-year u. s. treasury note.
a. 2.5%b. 1.0%c. 3.5%d. 5.5%

When consumers discard their gasoline-powered automobiles for electric-powered ones, this partially reflects the of gasoline?

The leading producer of cell phone backup batteries, jumpstart, has achieved great success because they produce high-quality battery backups that are not too expensive. even so, another company that produces lower-quality batteries at the same price has also achieved some success, but not as much as jumpstart. also, in general, the price of backup batteries has declined because of economies of scale and learning. in addition, jumpstart has added complementary assets, such as a carrying case. considering all of these factors, the backup battery industry is most likely in the introduction stage. growth stage. shakeout stage. maturity stage.

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation