Why is the payback method often more useful than the net present value method for evaluating systems projects?


Because of brief product life cycles and rapid advances in technology, the effective lives of information system tends to be short. Shorter payback projects are often desirable.

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Which of the following differentiates a hypermarket from a supercenter? 

A. Hypermarkets are very common in the United States, whereas supercenters are not common in the United States. B. Hypermarkets provide large parking facilities to its customers, whereas supercenters do not provide parking facilities to their customers. C. Hypermarkets do not offer self-service facilities, whereas supercenters offer self-service facilities to their customers. D. Hypermarkets have a greater emphasis on dry groceries, whereas supercenters have a greater emphasis on perishables. E. Hypermarkets carry a larger proportion of food items, whereas supercenters carry a larger portion of nonfood items.

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A solicitation of proxies from holders of stock:

a. is comprehensively regulated by the SEC. b. includes a request for a proxy, but not a request to revoke a proxy. c. gives any security holder entitled to vote the opportunity to communicate with other security holders. Upon written request, the corporation must mail the communication at the corporation's expense along with the solicitation. d. All of these are correct.

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According to the red-hot-stove rule, discipline should be immediate, with warning, consistent, and personal.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In the early years of e-commerce, prior to 2000, single, white, young college-educated males with high income dominated the Internet in terms of percentage of Internet usage

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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