The effect of downsizing and the resulting flatter corporate structures is .
a. fewer layers of management make it more difficult for employees to be promoted to higher levels of management.
b. companies are scrambling to rehire those workers who were laid off.
c. a decrease in the need for a human resources department has developed.
d. there is less need to adhere to equal employment law

Why is it easier for new entrants to get involved in radical innovations when compared to incumbent firms? a. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have to face the high entry barriers, initially. b. new entrants are embedded in an innovation ecosystem, while incumbent firms are not. c. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have formal organizational structures and processes. d. incumbent firms do not have the advantages of network effects that new entrants have.

Mandela manufacturing thinks that the best activity base for its manufacturing overhead is machine hours. the estimate of annual overhead costs is $540,000. the company used 1,000 hours of processing for job a15 during the period and incurred actual overhead costs of $580,000. the budgeted machine hours for the year totaled 20,000. what amount of manufacturing overhead should be applied to job a15? $29,000. $540. $580. $27,000.

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