Competing companies deploy whatever means necessary to strengthen market position, including all of the following EXCEPT Select one: a. reducing distribution capabilities and market presence. b. marketing tactics including special sales promotions such as introducing new or improved features or increasing the number of styles to provide greater product selection c. improving innovation to increase product performance and quality. d. differentiating their products by offering better performance features than rivals. e. making efforts to expand dealer networks.

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.

China's new 5 percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, reflecting concerns about deforestation, has been praised by environmentalists. the move is hitting hard at the japanese, who consume 25 billion set of wooden chopsticks annually. almost all of the chopsticks used in japan come from china. the reuirements for chinese manufacturers of wooden chopsticks to pay the 5 percent tax is a factor in their external environment.

Problem 8-6 cullumber company is a multi product firm. presented below is information concerning one of its products, the hawkeye. date transaction quantity price/cost 1/1 beginning inventory 2,700 $17 2/4 purchase 3,700 26 2/20 sale 4,200 43 4/2 purchase 4,700 33 11/4 sale 3,900 47 calculate average-cost per unit. (round answer to 4 decimal places, e.g. 2.7613.) average-cost per unit $ link to text compute cost of goods sold, assuming cullumber uses: (round average cost per unit to 4 decimal places, e.g. 2.7631 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,548.) cost of goods sold (a) periodic system, fifo cost flow $ (b) perpetual system, fifo cost flow $ (c) periodic system, lifo cost flow $ (d) perpetual system, lifo cost flow $ (e) periodic system, weighted-average cost flow $ (f) perpetual system, moving-average cost flow $ click if you would like to show work for this question: open show work