A company's strategy has a chance of succeeding only when it is predicated on:
O actions, business approaches, and competitive moves aimed at appealing to buyers and setting the company apart from rivals.
O management's concepts of "where we have been," "where we are headed," and "where we need to go."
O the approval of a business model by a company's board of directors that spells out how to outcompete its rivals and make the company profitable.
O educated choices that management has made regarding which financial and operating plans to pursue.
O building revenues, controlling costs, and generating an attractive profit.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Which of the following has the largest impact on opportunity cost

Petra contracted to paint bret’s house for $2,000. after beginning the job, petra realizes that the house is really quite big, and she’s not going to make enough profit, so she tells bret she wants another $500 to finish the job. bret doesn’t want to pay more, but he’s afraid that if she walks off the job, he’ll have trouble finding someone else to finish it, so he agrees. is bret legally obligated to pay the extra $500?