A production-based emphasis toward a low-cost provider strategy usually requires a company to strive for Select one: a. product superiority. b. whatever differentiating features buyers are willing to pay for. c. appealing features and better quality at lower costs than rivals. d. continuous cost reductions without sacrificing acceptable quality and essential features e. small-scale production or custom-made products that match the tastes and requirements of niche members.

Boteck is a full-service technology company. it provides equipment, installation services, and training services. customers can purchase any product or service separately or as a bundled package. on may 3, box-rite corporation purchased computer equipment, installation, and training for a total cost of $120,000. estimated stand-alone fair values of the equipment, installation, and training are $75,000, $50,000, and $25,000 respectively. the journal entry to record the sale and installation on may 3 will include select one:

The management at a pesticide manufacturing company has observed a decline in quality measures. the managers ask robin, the firm's hr manager, to investigate whether training might solve the problem. robin conducts needs assessment and recommends a training plan. which of the following conditions would most likely have been an observation during robin's person analysis?

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.