Boss Footwear Inc. and SoleMate Inc. are two competing athletic footwear companies. The net sales revenues for Boss Footwear and SoleMate are $8,000,000 and $1,000,000, respectively. What CANNOT be inferred from this financial data? Boss Footwear has a higher market share than SoleMate. Boss Footwear sells more shoes than SoleMate. Boss Footwear has a higher net profit margin than SoleMate. Boss Footwear produces a larger number models than SoleMate.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.