Regal marine: select one: a. no longer builds boats with any wooden parts. b. treats the product design decision as critical to its success. c. has replaced all human labor with robots. d. designs several new boats each year, but contracts other firms for their manufacture. e. gets its competitive advantage by being the low-cost producer of boats designed by others.

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i. e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant. a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry. b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry. c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry. d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.