List two ways that companies earn revenue for Web-based information and services


Advertising

Direct sales of goods and services

Commissions on goods and services sold by advertisers and partners

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Which statement is correct concerning the effect on subsequent questions?

A) As a rule of thumb, general questions should precede specific questions to prevent specific questions from biasing responses to general questions. B) The inverted funnel approach is useful when respondents have no strong feelings or have not formulated a point of view. C) The inverted funnel approach is particularly useful when information has to be obtained about respondents' general choice behavior and their evaluations of specific products. D) All are correct.

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ROCE will exceed ROA whenever ROA exceeds the after-tax cost of borrowing plus any dividends required for preferred shareholders. Which of the following is/are true?

a. The bond holders earn a higher return, but they undertook more risk in their investment. b. The preferred shareholders earn a lower return, but they undertook more risk than the common shareholders in their investment. c. The common shareholders earn a higher return, but they undertook more risk in their investment. d. Using lower-cost borrowed funds and then earning a rate of return on those funds higher than their cost increases the return to the common shareholders. e. Choices c and d.

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When a merchandising business is compared to a service business, the financial statement that is not affected by that change is the Statement of Owner's Equity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When Amway entered China, it opened up retail locations for the first time. Amway is a direct selling firm. This means that it sells almost exclusively through independent consultants. However, in China restrictions on direct selling required significant modifications in how consumers obtain these products. On the other hand, Amway has been able to sell many of its signature products to the Chinese market with little to no modification. In China, Amway was forced to ______________ the distribution variable and ___________ its product variable.

A. globalize; globalize B. customize; globalize C. localize; globalize D. globalize; customize E. internationalize; customize

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