The manufacturer of Beanie Baby dolls used quarterly price data for 20051- 2013 IV (t 1,.., 36) and the regression equation Pt = a + bt + c1D1t + c2D2t + c3D3t to forecast doll prices in the year 2014. Pt is the quarterly price of dolls, and DEPENDENT VARIABLE IPT | R -SQUAREF-RATIO P-VALUE ON 7634 0 0001 OBSERVATIONS 36 0 9078 PARAMETER STANDARD ESTIMATE ERROR 240 0 800 -8.0 -6.00 -4.0 P-VALUE 0 0005 00022 00043 0 0022 0 0001 T-RATIO VARIABLE 3 87 620 0 240 2 60 1.80 0 60 -308 -3 33 -667 D1 D2 03 What is the estimated intercept of the trend line in the 4th quarter? a. 22.8 b. 18 c. 20 d. 16 e. none of the above

Cash flow is often a problem for small businesses. how can an entrepreneur increase cash flow? a) locate lower-priced suppliers. b) forego sending in estimated tax payments to the irs c) shorten the terms on a bank loan to pay it off more quickly d) sell more low-margin items.

According to management education expert ashok rao, companies can increase their profitability by through careful inventory management. a. 5% to 10% b. 10% to 25% c. 20% to 50% d. 75%

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position