Chapter 5 Strategies in Action 1) Long-term objectives represent the results expected from pursuing certain strategies. 2) Objectives provide direction and allow for organizational synergy. 3) Strategic objectives include those associated with growth in revenues‚ growth in earnings‚ higher dividends‚ larger profit margins‚ and improved cash flow. 4) Strategic objectives include larger market share‚ quicker on-time delivery than rivals‚ shorter design-to-market times than rivals‚ lower
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Homework Assignment 1: MC 3. (A) MC 4. (D) MC 5. (B) 1) What are the three major business activities of a company that are motivated and shaped by planning activities? Explain each activity. Investing Activities: consists of the acquiring and disposing of assets needed to produce and sell a company’s products or services. These assets may be long-term or short-term assets depending on the nature of the company. Financing Activities: the methods companies use to fund the investments in assets
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debt B. the labor force C. the amount of money held by the public D. inventory investment 0 out of 1 Incorrect. The correct answer is D. Inventory investment is a quantity measured per unit time‚ so it is a flow variable. See Section 2-1. 3 of 30 Gross domestic product (GDP) is A. a stock. B. a flow. C. both a stock and a flow. D. neither a stock nor a flow. 0 out of 1 Incorrect. The correct answer is B. GDP is a quantity measured per unit time‚ so it is a flow. See Section
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STUDY oUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 5 Strategic CAPACITY PLANNING for Products and services 1. How is capacity defined? The upper limit or ceiling on the load that an operating unit can handle 2. What are the three key questions in capacity planning? 1) What kind of capacity is needed? 2) How much capacity is needed to match demand 3)When is it needed? 3. Why are capacity decisions strategic? 1)Impacted the ability of the organization to meet future demands 2) Affect
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Name Chapter 4--Profitability Analysis Description Instructions Modify Add Question Here Question 1 Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question One important difference between return on assets (ROA) and return on common shareholder’s equity (ROCE) is Answer ROA does not differentiate based on how a company finances its assets‚ ROCE does. ROA does not distinguish between the different types of income items‚ such as income from continuing operations‚ discontinued
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NTR135 Chapter 5 Assignment Label Analysis 10 pts. poss. As a consumer it is important to understand the labels of the processed foods we may consume. Use the frozen food label below to answer the following questions. For calculations you must show your work for credit. No credit will be given if your work is not shown. (2 pts. poss. each question). 1. What percentage of the total calories comes from fat? 43 g of fat x 9 cal/g = 387 calories from fat 387 / 670 total calories
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Chapter 5: Question 3: Suppose that two units of X and eight units of Y give a consumer the same utility as four units of X and two units of Y. Over this range: a. If the consumer obtains one more unit of X‚ how many units of Y must be given up in order to keep utility constant ∆Y∆X=2-84-2= - 62= -3 ~ Utility unchanged‚ if consumer exchanges 3 units of Y for 1 unit of X. b. If the consumer obtains one more unit of Y‚ how many units of X must be given up in order to keep
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germinal‚ fetal‚ embryonic. 3. The germinal period ends approximately: A) two days after conception. B) two months after conception. C) two weeks after conception. D) twelve weeks after conception. 4. How long is the fetal period? A) the last three months before the child’s birth B) from the midway point of prenatal development until birth C) from the second until the eighth week after conception D) from nine weeks after conception until birth 5. What percentage of natural
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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Final Draft: Slater vs Turkle How can Turkle’s concept of “authenticity” help us see Slater in a new way? Both face-to-face interaction and social networking sites (including Myspace‚ Twitter‚ and Facebook) are forms of staying in contact with friends and family. While Nora from Turkle’s “Alone together” communicates her engagement and wedding date via email to her closest friends and family‚ she could have easily announced it face-to-face‚ at a party or through a Facebook event. While
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