Focused factories ______.
A. are specialized plants built and operated for a single purpose
B. require workers with a very broad range of skills
C. completely eliminate the need for inventory
D. are used extensively in the service industry
A. are specialized plants built and operated for a single purpose
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A) cognitive mapping B) multiattribute C) affect referral D) evoked-set
ABC Hospital completed its first transplant, and the procedure took 50 hours. The hospital has five more transplants scheduled. Based on other similar procedures carried out, the hospital estimates that it has an 85% learning rate. Estimate the total time required for all five transplants.
a. 160 hours b. 220 hours c. 201.64 hours d. 214.34 hours
A newspaper article with which of the following headlines would be LEAST likely to involve the political environment?
A. FDA Adopts New Regulations for Generic Drugs B. Consumers Urged to "Buy American" C. Egg Sales Fall as Consumers Switch to Low Cholesterol Diets D. U.S. Signs Trade Agreement with Venezuela E. U.S.-Vietnamese Joint Ventures in the Future
The preferred stock of a firm sometimes includes a cumulative feature. This means that:
A. holders of preferred stock have a claim on assets that comes before common stockholders if the firm goes out of business. B. if the firm skips a preferred dividend in one period, the amount it must pay the next period is equal to the dividend for that periodplusthe amount of the dividend it skipped in the previous period. C. the firm must pay any back taxes, legal expenses, wages owed to workers, and debts owed to creditors before the owners of the firm get anything. D. if the firm issues new stock, existing stockholders can purchase new shares in proportion to their existing holdings before the stock is offered to the other investors.