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Business Focus B2C B2B Total A survey of B2B marketers (marketers that focus primarily on attracting businesses) and B2C marketers (marketers that primarily target consumers) was based on 1000 B2B Increase use of social media marketers and 1000 B2C marketers. The table to the right summarizes the results. Yes Complete parts (a) through (c) below. No Total 504 496 1000 761 239 1000 1265 735 2000 a. Suppose you know that the marketer is a B2B marketer. What is the probability that he or she plans to increase use of social media?

The probability that he or she plans to increase use of social media is 0.504. (Simplify your answer. Round to three decimal places as needed.)

b. Suppose you know that the marketer is a B2C marketer…..

For a major in financial management graduate, there are a lot of opportunities waiting for them in the real world. A major in finance individual developed an analytical skill is able to methodically cut up financial statements of a company, municipalities, and other entities. By doing so, they can identify the root of business problems and can provide evaluation for the financial implications of corporate actions. There is numerous career opportunity for financial management especially in the corporate world it can be accounting personnel, credit collection assistant, credit analyst, treasury assistant, chief finance officer, controller, financial analyst, professor, etc. A finance graduate can be an employee, or a business owner given that the education contributed greatly to their skills.

Popa Ltd trade in a perishable commodity. Each day Popa Ltd. receives supplies of the goods from a wholesaler but the quantity supplied is a random variable, as is the subsequent retail customer demand for the commodity. Both supply and demand are expressed in batches of 50 units and over the past working year (300 days), Popa Ltd. has kept records of supplies and demands. The results are given below:

Popa Ltd. buys the commodity at Rs 6 per unit and sells at Rs 10 per unit. At present unsold units at the end of the day are worthless and there are no storage facilities. Popa Ltd. estimates that each unit of unsatisfied demand on any day costs them Rs 2. Using the random numbers: 8, 4,….

In May 2013, Rebecca Young completed her MBA and moved to Toronto for a new job in investment banking. There, she rented a spacious, two-bedroom condominium for $3,000 per month, which included parking but not utilities or cable television. In July 2014, the virtually identical unit next door became available for sale with an asking price of $620,000, and Young believed she could purchase it for $600,000. She realized she was facing the classic buy-versus-rent decision. It was time for her to apply some of the analytical tools she had acquired in business school — including “time value of money” concepts — to her personal life. While Young really liked the condominium unit she was renting, as well as the condominium building itself, she felt that it would….

Groupthink Possibilities

The members of the executive compensation committee that you are chairing show a high level of cohesiveness. It’s obvious that they enjoy being part of the committee and are proud to be on the board of directors. But the committee is about to approve extraordinarily high bonuses for the CEO and five other senior executives. This is occurring at a time when executive pay is getting a lot of criticism from the press, unions, and the public at large.

What can you do to make sure groupthink isn’t causing this committee to potentially make a bad decision?

What clues might you use to determine whether groupthink is having an influence on what is taking place?

NASCAR team values have increased dramatically in the past two years. However, the days of small one or two car teams may be ending soon because the values of many small teams have fallen. The trend has driven some industry consolidation as smaller teams have merged in order to achieve some economies of scale.

The top two teams operate a total of nine cars in NASCAR and stand better odds of cashing in with virtually the same investment in operations. For example, both a one-car team and a five-car team have to operate a mechanic shop, and the five-car shop has a much better chance of victory.

Team valuations move with victories, and the top team, Hendrick Motorsports, has a value of $335 million. This amount is up….