Review the inquirer to determine digby’s current strategy. where will they seek a competitive advantage? from the following list, select the top five sources of competitive advantage that digby would be most likely to pursue. select: 5

1. seek high automation levels
2. increase demand through tqm initiatives
3.reduce labor costs through training and recruitment
4. offer attractive credit terms
5. accept lower plant utilization and higher capacities to insure sufficient capacity is available to meet demand
6. seek high plant utilization, even if it risks occasional small stockouts
7. add additional products
8. seek excellent product designs, high awareness, and high accessibility
9. seek the lowest price in their target market while maintaining a competitive contribution margin
10. reduce cost of goods through tqm initiatives

Which of the following statements is true? a. financial investment refers to the creation and expansion of business enterprisesb. economic investment refers to the creation and expansion of business enterprisesc. economic investment refers to the purchase of assets such as stocks, bonds, and real estated. both economic and financial investment refer to the purchase of assets such as stocks, bonds, and real estate

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be: