Find the duration of a portfolio consisting of one $1,000 face amount 0-coupon one-year bond and one $1,000 face amount 0-coupon 2-year bond, if the applicable market interest rate (EAR) is 4%.

A 20-year annual coupon bond has 2.5% coupons.  If an investor buys the bond for $1,032 today and sells it after nine years for $997, what can you enter in your financial calculator to find the holding period rate of return?       

The nominal interest rate is 8% and the rate of inflation is 7%.  What is the exact real interest rate?

You invest $6,000 today and after thirteen years your investment has grown to $10,000.  What is your yearly rate of return?         

A 20-year semiannual coupon bond has 2.5% coupons.  If an investor buys the bond for $1,032 today and sells it after nine years for $997, what can you enter in your financial calculator to find the holding period rate of return?     

__________ are physically dispersed and communicate electronically more than they do face-to-face.

Delilah’s previous manager every year developed and given her a list of performance goals for the upcoming year, and then proceeded to criticize her for not fully achieving her previous year’s goals—goals that he had developed and given to her. And, in fact, Delilah was not always motivated to achieve all of the goals that her previous manager had prescribed for her. But Delilah’s new manager was a breath of fresh air. Delilah told her roommate, “My new manager lets me participate in goal-setting for my work and, as a result,

A leader who has _____ power influences others because he or she controls valued benefits; people comply with the leader’s wishes so as to receive those benefits.

_____ have specific assignments, such as research, and members usually must contribute expert knowledge and judgment.

Self-managed teams are seldom found in manufacturing.