Suppose the 2014 financial statements of 3M Company report net sales of $21.9 billion. Accounts receivable (net) are $3.43 billion at the beginning of the year and $3.51 billion at the end of the year.1?Compute 3M’s receivable turnover. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e. g. 12.5.)Accounts receivable turnover ratio Suppose the 2014 financial statements of 3M Ctimes2)Compute 3M’s average collection period for accounts receivable in days. (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e. g. 12.5. Use 365 days for calculation.)Average collection period Suppose the 2014 financial statements of 3M Cdays

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?