As an incentive to work efficiently, some organizations pay production workers ________, a wage based on the amount they produce.

A) merit pay
B) a sales commission
C) standard hour pay
D) a piecework rate
E) a special bonus

Refer to Figure 4.1. At the world price of 30 cents per apple, the United States imports ________ million apples per day.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 10

Przewozman Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project:
The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the table provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

Logistics management can provide a competitive advantage through improved customer service.

Samantha, the technical lead at Marrium Infotech, is against the management's decision to try market-creating innovations instead of performance-improving or efficiency-enhancing innovations. The management justifies its view by saying that this would create a new market and enhance the company's growth. Which of the following statements can Samantha use to justify her viewpoint?

A) The market-creating innovation will fail to create a new class of consumers.
B) The market-creating innovation results cannot be tested in the market before the product's release.
C) Implementing market-creating innovations will lead to a decrease in the company's revenue.
D) Implementing market-creating innovations will prevent a company from reaching prospective customers.

A situational variable is called an enhancer only if it directly influences the dependent variable.

Favored customers are customers who receive special treatment from dealers during periods of

A) excess demand.
B) excess supply.
C) price above equilibrium.
D) equilibrium.

Customers pay their outstanding balances in the following ways except:

A) Credit Card
B) Online
C) Barter
D) Customer Check

The FASB has been able to guard against management manipulation of earnings as a result of asset impairments by

A) fining any managers found guilty of such manipulation.
B) requiring restoration of previously recognized impairment losses.
C) prohibiting restoration of previously recognized impairment losses.
D) relying on State Boards of Public Accountancy to police the transactions.

The "strength-is-weakness" dynamic in coalitions states that

A) coalition founders will go to those who are the weakest for support.
B) the weakest members may need to be in the coalition the most.
C) the weakest members will demand the least payoff from joining the coalition.
D) the weakest members may hold power in the coalition.
E) The "strength-is-weakness" dynamic in coalitions states all of the above.