The 2013 annual report of oracle corporation included the following information relating to their allowance for doubtful accounts: balance in allowance at the beginning of the year $323 million, accounts written off during the year of $145 million, balance in allowance at the end of the year $296 million. what did oracle corporation report as bad debt expense for the year?
(a) $27 million
(b) $178 million
(c) $118 million
(d) $151 million
(e) none of the above

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above

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In a "dutch auction" for new stock, individual investors place bids for shares directly. each potential bidder indicates the price he or she is willing to pay and how many shares he or she will purchase at that price. the highest price that permits the company to sell all the shares it wants to sell is determined, and this is the "market clearing price." all bidders who specified this price or higher are allowed to purchase their shares at the market clearing price. true false