Cindy Hayes, the CEO of Spurling Inc., wants the organization to focus on measuring product quality, driving process improvement, and cost savings throughout the organization. To this end, she makes different teams and provides champions to sponsor projects, provides training resources, and communicates progress and achievements. The entire plan is integrated into the strategic planning process. Project selections are made based on understanding of the financial as well as the nonfinancial benefits to the organization. Cindy Hayes is practicing the methodology to lower the cost of quality because of its focus on the financial return.

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Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?

There are three factors that can affect the shape of the treasury yield curve (r* t , ip t , and mrp t ) and five factors that can affect the shape of the corporate yield curve (r* t , ip t , mrp t , drp t , and lp t ). the yield curve reflects the aggregation of the impacts from these factors. suppose the real risk-free rate and inflation rate are expected to remain at their current levels throughout the foreseeable future. consider all factors that affect the yield curve. then identify which of the following shapes that the us treasury yield curve can take. check all that apply. a. downward-sloping yield curveb. upward-sloping yield curvec. inverted yield curve