Why Were Data Warehouses Created

question 55

Multiple Choice

Why were data warehouses created?

• A)Numbers and types of operational databases increased as businesses grew.
• B)Many companies had information scattered across multiple systems with different formats.
• C)Completing reporting requests from numerous operational systems took days or weeks.
• D)All of these.

Comprehend the effect of leverage on the cost of equity according to M&M Proposition II with no taxes.

Grasp the impact of debt financing on a firm's value and the cost of capital when taxes are considered.

Recognize the difference between business risk and financial risk, and their determinants.

Understand how the optimal capital structure minimizes the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and maximizes firm value.

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Definitions:

Cannibalization

The loss of sales of an existing product due to the introduction of a new product by the same company.

Sunk Costs

Expenditures that have been made and cannot be recovered, and should not influence ongoing investment decisions.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market; a beta of 1 indicates that the stock moves with the market.

Expected NPV

The anticipated Net Present Value of a project or investment, considering the potential outcomes and their probabilities.