All of the following are ways in which a firm can increase its growth rate of equity earnings without any external financing except
a. Decreasing its dividend payments
b. Increasing its retention ratio
c. Increasing its return on equity (ROE)
d. Increasing its return on assets (ROA)
e. All of the above will increase the firm's growth rate without external financing
E
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Vasquez Construction Materials Company has a sales office that sells concrete culvert pipes to property developers. The sales office is a revenue center and prepares a monthly responsibility report. The following information is provided.
What is the sales volume variance for the 36-inch long pipe?
A) $2000 U
B) $9200 F
C) $9500 U
D) $1000 F
Assume that the balance of accounts payable does not change during a period. When preparing a statement of cash flows, an increase in ending inventory over beginning inventory will result in an adjustment to cost of goods sold under the direct approach because
A) the amount of cost of goods sold is equal to the amount of cash paid for purchases. B) consumed inventory is an expense but not a use of funds. C) the amount of cost of goods sold on an accrual basis is less than the amount of cash paid for purchases of inventory. D) the amount of cash paid for purchases of inventory is less than the amount of cost of goods sold on an accrual basis.
The level of uncertainty in the task increases the importance of ________ in the communication method.
a. speed b. reach c. richness d. ability to document messages
Alex worked for years for MegaCorp During his employment with MegaCorp, he learned a great deal of confidential information and knew that if this information got into the hands of competitors or the general public, MegaCorp could suffer great business
losses. Alex claims that he was wrongfully fired by MegaCorp and accordingly he believes he has no obligation to MegaCorp to keep any information he acquired with them as confidential. MegaCorp claims that Alex is under a continuing duty to keep confidential information secret, even though he is no longer with the company. Who is right? Why?