The task of crafting a diversified company's overall or corporate strategy does not involve which of the following tasks? A. Revamping each business's value chain so as to reduce the differences in the activities performed across the company's various businesses and thereby lower overall costs, strengthen core competencies, and the chances for competitive success against rivals
B. Pursuing opportunities to leverage cross-business value chain relationships and strategic fits into competitive advantage Initiating actions to boost the combined performance of the businesses the firm has entered
C. Evaluating the growth and profitability prospects for each business, establishing investment priorities for each business, and then using these priorities to steer corporate resources to individual businesses
D. Picking new industries to enter and deciding whether to enter the industry by starting a new business from the ground up, acquiring a company already in the target industry, or forming a joint venture or strategic alliance with another company

1. list five staple convenience goods that you or your household buys on a regular basis. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 2. list three impulse convenience goods that you or someone you know has purchased. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 3. describe a shopping good that you or someone you know purchased. what kind of research did you or that person do before buying the product? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 4. choose an example of a company you could start, and decide which business structure would make the most sense for that type of company (sole proprietorship, partnership, llc, c corporation, s corporation, or nonprofit corporation). explain why this structure would be good for this type of company. give at least 3 reasons. (3-6 sentences. 6.0 points) 5. if you were starting a new business, describe at least three departments to the company that you would need right away. why are these departments so important? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 6. describe a product that you think has saturated its market. what makes you think it has saturated its market? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points)

Kelso electric is debating between a leveraged and an unleveraged capital structure. the all equity capital structure would consist of 40,000 shares of stock. the debt and equity option would consist of 25,000 shares of stock plus $280,000 of debt with an interest rate of 7 percent. what is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options?

What is used by accountant to analyze transactions ?