______ is the process of comparing an organization’s products or services and processes with those of other companies.
a. Comparative assessment
b. Critical comparison
c. Calibration
d. Benchmarking
d. Benchmarking
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The text suggests benchmarking an individual’s behavior to help determine level of honesty in responses. What might this benchmarking entail?
a. asking the candidate if they have any reason to be nervous or feel threatened during the interview b. asking the candidate about their hometown or how they are feeling and noting how relaxed or nervous they are c. having another employee speak to the candidate before the interview and recording reactions d. asking the employee to describe a particularly scary incident in their life
What is product position? What functions do perceptual positioning maps serve?
What will be an ideal response?
How are direct combination costs accounted for in an acquisition transaction?
What will be an ideal response?
Purchaser Corporation acquires 30% of the outstanding voting common shares of the Investee Corporation for $600,000 . Purchaser Corporation acquires the investment in Investee Corporation by buying previously issued shares of Investee Corporation from other investors. Investee Corporation's other comprehensive income during the first period is as follows: Unrealized Holding Gains from Marketable
Securities. . .$ 3,000 Unrealized Losses from Cash Flow Hedges . . . . . . . . . . (2,000) Other Comprehensive Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000 Purchaser Corporation would make the following entry to recognize its share of the items of other comprehensive income of Investee Corporation: a. Cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Realized Holding Losses from Cash Flow Hedges (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Realized Holding Gains from Marketable Securities (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900 b. Investment in Stock of Investee Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 300 Realized Holding Losses from Cash Flow Hedges (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Realized Holding Gains from Marketable Securities (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900 c. Cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Unrealized Holding Losses from Cash Flow Hedges (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Unrealized Holding Gains from Marketable Securities (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900 d. Investment in Stock of Investee Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 300 Unrealized Holding Losses from Cash Flow Hedges (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Unrealized Holding Gains from Marketable Securities (Other Comprehensive Income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900 e. none of the above