If the average job performance rating of the new hires of a firm (PR) is 4.0 on a 5.0 scale, the percentage of new hires reaching acceptable productivity with acceptable timeframe (HP) is 70%, the percentage of new hires retained after one year (HR) is 90%, and the number of performance indicators (N) is three, calculate the quality of fill.

Last year ann arbor corp had $155,000 of assets, $305,000 of sales, $20,000 of net income, and a debt-to-total-assets ratio of 37.5%. the new cfo believes a new computer program will enable it to reduce costs and thus raise net income to $33,000. assets, sales, and the debt ratio would not be affected. by how much would the cost reduction improve the roe? a. 11.51%b. 12.11%c. 12.75%d. 13.42%e. 14.09%

If the ceo of a large, diversified, firm were filling out a fitness report on a division manager (i. e., "grading" the manager), which of the following situations would be likely to cause the manager to receive a better grade? in all cases, assume that other things are held constant. a. the division's basic earning power ratio is above the average of other firms in its industry. b. the division's total assets turnover ratio is below the average for other firms in its industry. c. the division's debt ratio is above the average for other firms in the industry. d. the division's inventory turnover is 6, whereas the average for its competitors is 8.e. the division's dso (days' sales outstanding) is 40, whereas the average for its competitors is 30.

Iceberg storage, a leading hard drive manufacturer, recently filed for bankruptcy. while most of iceberg's competitors were shifting away from physical data storage devices toward online cloud storage services, iceberg invested most of its retained earnings in the effort to improve its hard drives. once the hard-drive market drastically declined, iceberg storage was unable to capitalize on the new technology. which of the following does this scenario best illustrate a. causal ambiguity b. knowledge diffusion c. social complexity d. path dependence