Sales of quilt covers at bud banis's discount department store in carbondale over the past year are shown below. management prepared a forecast using a combination of exponential smoothing and its collective judgment for the 4 months (march, april, may, and june):

Which change is illustrated by the shift taking place on this graph? an increase in demanda decrease in demandan increase in supplya decrease in supply

Calculate the required rate of return for climax inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a 4.0% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3.0%, (3) the market risk premium is 5.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 2.30, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 15.0% over the last 5 years. do not round your intermediate calculations.

Why is it easier for new entrants to get involved in radical innovations when compared to incumbent firms? a. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have to face the high entry barriers, initially. b. new entrants are embedded in an innovation ecosystem, while incumbent firms are not. c. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have formal organizational structures and processes. d. incumbent firms do not have the advantages of network effects that new entrants have.