Nike's famous tagline, "Just do it," is an example of a slogan, not a business plan or a strategy. Briefly describe the differences among these key terms: planning, a business plan, and a strategy.

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Planning is defined as setting goals and deciding how to achieve them, or coping with uncertainty by formulating future courses of action to achieve specific results. A business plan is a document that outlines a firm’s proposed goals, the strategy for achieving them, and the standards for measuring success. A strategy sets the long-term (one to five years) goals and directions for an organization.

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The primary goal of a detail salesperson is to develop goodwill and stimulate demand for products

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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As part of a plan of corporate reorganization, Sally exchanged 1,000 shares of Tone Corporation common stock that she had purchased for $85,000, for 3,000 shares of Fade Corporation voting common stock having an $87,000 FMV. What is the amount and character of Sally's recognized gain and her basis in the Tone stock as a result of the exchange?

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All of the following statements accurately describe the debt ratio except.

A) It is of use to both internal and external users of accounting information. B) A relatively high ratio is always desirable. C) The dividing line for a high and low ratio varies from industry to industry. D) Many factors such as a company's age, stability, profitability and cash flow influence the determination of what would be interpreted as a high versus a low ratio. E) The ratio might be used to help determine if a company is capable of increasing its income by obtaining further debt.

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If the numbers of sp2 and sp3 hybrid gaming consoles produced each day are denoted as X1 and X2 respectively, the function that describes the production department's labor constraint for a week is ________

A) 2X1 + 1.5X2 ? 875 B) 9X1 + 8X2 ? 3500 C) 2X1 + 1.5X2 ? 875 D) 9X1 + 8X2 ? 3500

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