Which of the following statements would be the best interpretation of a company's low debt-to-equity ratio?
A) The company chooses to pay cash for most of its major purchases.
B) The company is not liquid.
C) The company prefers to pay stockholders high dividends out of their retained earnings.
D) The company prefers to raise funds by issuing capital stock than long-term borrowing.
D
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The charter of a corporation provides for the issuance of 100,000 shares of common stock. Assume that 45,000 shares were originally issued and 5,000 were subsequently reacquired. What is the amount of cash dividends to be paid if a $2 per share dividend is declared?
a. $80,000 b. $10,000 c. $90,000 d. $100,00
A stakeholder-performance scorecard tracks the satisfaction with the company and its products and services among such entities as suppliers, banks, and stockholders
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Why is it important for marketing managers to know the motivations underlying the sample size recommendations of the researchers that they hire?
A) A manager's cost may be unnecessarily inflated. B) Unethical researchers may use large sample sizes to increase profits. C) Unethical researchers may have ownership in a data collection company. D) Researchers' profits may be a percentage of total costs. E) all of the above
Quotient Corporation and Precision Products, Inc., are the principal suppliers of their product in their market. They agree that Quotient will sell exclusively to retailers and Precision will sell exclusively to wholesalers. Under antitrust law, this is most likely
A. a per se violation. B. a violation only if their competitors make similar deals. C. a violation only if their customers agree to honor the deal. D. not a violation.