List the five reasons why firms need to grow.

What will be an ideal response?


Several reasons explain why firms need to grow. These can be summarized as follows:

1. Increase profits. 
2. Lower costs. 
3. Increase market power. 
4. Reduce risk. 
5. Motivate management.

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A. expectancy B. instrumentality C. effort D. valence

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Stokan Products, Inc., has a Antennae Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard antennae that could be used by another division in the company, the Aircraft Products Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that antennae appear below:   Capacity in units 86,000Selling price to outside customers$63Variable cost per unit$22Fixed cost per unit (based on capacity)$18?The Aircraft Products Division is currently purchasing 5,000 of these antennaes per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $57 per antennae.?Assume that the Valve Division is selling all of the valves it can produce to outside customers. Also assume that $7 in variable expenses can be avoided on transfers within the company due to reduced shipping and selling costs. What

should be the minimum acceptable transfer price for the valves from the standpoint of the Valve Division? A. $57 per unit B. $63 per unit C. $56 per unit D. $33 per unit

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

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All of the following are central to software engineering processes EXCEPT:

A) methodologies. B) sequences. C) techniques. D) tools. E) CASE tools.

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