Environmental scanning refers to
a. continually acquiring information on events occurring outside the organization to identify and interpret potential trends.
b. assessing any possible negative impact a firm’s activities might have on the local ecology.
c. initiating an internal talent search to identify employees who can think "outside the box" to generate solutions to marketing problems caused by changes in the marketing environment.
d. setting up a regular schedule to assess the performance of different divisions within a firm.
e. requiring all employees to spend time outside the office to avoid the "ivory tower" syndrome.

Fanning books buys books and magazines directly from publishers and distributes them to grocery stores. the wholesaler expects to purchase the following inventory: april may june required purchases (on account) $ 111,000 $ 131,000 $ 143,000 fanning books accountant prepared the following schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases. fanning books suppliers require that 85 percent of purchases on account be paid in the month of purchase; the remaining 15 percent are paid in the month following the month of purchase. required complete the schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases by filling in the missing amounts. determine the amount of accounts payable the company will report on its pro forma balance sheet at the end of the second quarter.

In order to stay on track for long term financial goals, money for emergency spending should be taken first from your savings account. discretionary money. fixed expense money. net income.

Suppose a new "payment technology" allows individuals to make payments using u.s. treasury bonds (i.e., u.s. treasury bonds are immediately cashed when needed to make a payment and that balance is transferred to the payee). how do you think this payment technology would affect the transactions component of the demand for money? a. this would lead to a decreased need to hold cash for transactions; however, the transactions demand for money would remain unchanged. b. this would lead to a decreased need to hold cash for transactions, thus the transactions demand for money would decrease. c. this would lead to an increased need to hold cash for transactions, thus the transactions demand for money would increase. d. this technology would not change the transactions component of the demand for money.