David s. taylor, ceo of oakland auto, is strongly in favor of acquiring crc technology, a firm in an unrelated industry. some members of the board of directors are questioning taylor's motives for the acquisition. they argue that it is not uncommon for ceos to push for acquisitions becauseselect one: a. a successful acquisition will increase the ceo's power over the board of directors. b. higher ceo pay is related to larger organization size. c. ceos nearing retirement seek to create empires to continue their legacy. d. making an acquisition is an easier route to increased firm value than is improving the firm's core competencies.

Four analysts cover the stock of fluorine chemical. one forecasts a 6% return for the coming year. the second expects the return to be negative 6%. the third predicts a return of 8%. the fourth expects a 2% return in the coming year. you are relatively confident that the return will be positive but not large, so you arbitrarily assign probabilities of being correct of 35 % comma 8 %, 17 %, and 40%, respectively, to the analysts' forecasts. given these probabilities, what is fluorine chemicals expected return for the coming year

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.

What are the positive environmental trends seen today? many industries are taking measures to reduce the use( _gold, carbon dioxide, ozone_) of -depleting substances and are turning to(_scarce, renewable, non-recyclable_) energy sources though they may seem expensive. choose one of those 3 option to fill the