Business, 27.05.2020 23:02, alejdnn889283
Which of the following is most likely the best rationale for unrelated diversification? A. risk reduction by spreading the company's investments over a set of diverse industries B. managerial motives including the prospects for higher compensation C. stabilize earnings, i. e. market downtrends in some of the company's businesses will be partially offset by cyclical upswings in its other businesses D. expectations for rapid or continuous growth E. growth by acquisition of an undervalued company at a bargain price can deliver enhanced shareholder value
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Business, 21.06.2019 20:30, jcotto3644
What do economists mean when they use the latin expression ceteris paribus?
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Business, 22.06.2019 09:40, Xavier8247
The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?
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Business, 22.06.2019 13:40, vanessam16
Salge inc. bases its manufacturing overhead budget on budgeted direct labor-hours. the variable overhead rate is $8.10 per direct labor-hour. the company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $74,730 per month, which includes depreciation of $20,670. all other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. the direct labor budget indicates that 5,300 direct labor-hours will be required in september. the company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. the predetermined overhead rate for september should be:
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Business, 22.06.2019 19:30, jaybeast40
Oz makes lion food out of giraffe and gazelle meat. giraffe meat has 18 grams of protein and 36 grams of fat per pound, while gazelle meat has 36 grams of protein and 18 grams of fat per pound. a batch of lion food must contain at least "46,800" grams of protein and 70,200 grams of fat. giraffe meat costs $1/pound and gazelle meat costs $2/pound. how many pounds of each should go into each batch of lion food in order to minimize costs? hint [see example 2.]
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