Building an erm program at general motors address the questions below. 1. what are the pros and cons of having risk officers as part-time assignments within different functions and business units? 2. can you think of a company whose strategy failed due to it is not considering the actions of external players? 3. do you think that companies need to experience a crisis to take risk seriously?

Examine the following book-value balance sheet for university products inc. the preferred stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays a dividend of $3 a share. the common stock sells for $16 per share and has a beta of 0.9. there are 2 million common shares outstanding. the market risk premium is 9%, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the firm’s tax rate is 40%. book-value balance sheet (figures in $ millions) assets liabilities and net worth cash and short-term securities $ 2.0 bonds, coupon = 6%, paid annually (maturity = 10 years, current yield to maturity = 8%) $ 5.0 accounts receivable 3.0 preferred stock (par value $15 per share) 3.0 inventories 7.0 common stock (par value $0.20) 0.4 plant and equipment 21.0 additional paid-in stockholders’ equity 13.6 retained earnings 11.0 total $ 33.0 total $ 33.0 a. what is the market debt-to-value ratio of the firm? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what is university’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

On january 1, 2017, pharoah company issued 10-year, $2,020,000 face value, 6% bonds, at par. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 16 shares of pharoah common stock. pharoah’s net income in 2017 was $317,000, and its tax rate was 40%. the company had 97,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout 2017. none of the bonds were converted in 2017. (a) compute diluted earnings per share for 2017. (round answer to 2 decimal places, e. g. $2.55.) diluted earnings per share

Three students were applying to the same graduate school. they came from schools with different grading systems. student gpa school average gpa school standard deviation thuy 2.9 3.2 0.8 vichet 83 75 20 kamala 8.6 8 0.4 which student had the best gpa when compared to other students at his school? explain how you determined your answer. (enter your standard deviation to two decimal places.) correct: your answer is correct. had the best gpa compared to other students at his school, since his gpa is 2.25 incorrect: your answer is incorrect. standard deviations correct: your answer is correct. his school's average gpa.