The most important strategy-making guidance that comes from drawing a Nine-Cell Industry Attractiveness-Competitive Strength Matrix is Group of answer choices which businesses have the biggest competitive advantages and which ones confront serious competitive disadvantages. which businesses in the portfolio have the most potential for strategic fit and resource fit. which businesses are in industries with profitable value chains and which are in industries with money-losing value chains. that corporate resources should be concentrated on those businesses enjoying both a higher degree of industry attractiveness and competitive strength and that businesses having low competitive strength in relatively unattractive industries should be looked at for possible divestiture. why cash cow businesses are more valuable than cash hog businesses.

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job

The director of the federal trade commission (ftc) bureau of consumer protection warned that the agency would bring enforcement action against small businesses that select one: a. failed to inform the public about network failures in a timely manner b. failed to transmit sensitive data c. did not report security breaches to law enforcement d. lacked adequate policies and procedures to protect consumer data.

Which of the following is/are required to be in writing under the ucc's statute of frauds? a. a $10,000 oral contract dealing with specially manufactured goods. b. a $550 oral contract dealing with unique goods. c. a $100,000 oral contract involving the lease of goods where the defendant admits the existence of the contract in court. d. a $12,000 oral contract where the seller ships the goods and the buyer takes possession of half of the goods. e. all of the above.