Which of the below best describes the competitive tendencies of small firms? because they lack legitimacy in the marketplace, small firms tend to signal their competitive actions long before they launch those actions. small firms typically have more resources available as they undertake competitive attacks than do large firms. small firms are more nimble and can respond quickly to competitive attacks. all of these?

Abarbecue sauce producer sells their product in a 20-ounce bottle. their historical process mean has been 20 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.25 ounces. if their tolerance limits are set at 20 ounces plus or minus 1 ounce, what is the process capability ratio of the bottle filling process? (5 points)

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

Which ranks these careers that employers are most likely to hire from the least to the greatest?