GSCOs Have as Their Primary Task to Serve as an Agent

question 15

True/False

GSCOs have as their primary task to serve as an agent of change in creating environmentally and socially sustainable world futures.

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Definitions:

Investors

Persons or organizations that invest funds anticipating financial profits in return.

Expectations Theory

With respect to dividends: a dividend that’s lower than expected will be taken as a negative by investors even if it is larger than previous dividends. A variation on the signaling effect of dividends. With respect to interest rates: A theory explaining the shape of the yield curve. The curve slopes up or down depending on whether expectations about future interest and inflation rates are increasing or decreasing.

Signaling Effect

The signaling effect refers to the idea that actions by a company can provide information to investors about its future prospects.

Dividend Increase

An action by a company to raise the amount of money paid to its shareholders as dividends.