According to the residual theory of dividends, if a firm's equity need is less than the amount of retained earnings, the firm would ________.

A) borrow to pay the cash dividend
B) declare a dividend equal to the remaining balance
C) pay no cash dividends
D) pay dividends higher than the remaining balance to gain credibility


B) declare a dividend equal to the remaining balance

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Operating expenses directly traceable to or incurred for the sole benefit of a specific department and usually subject to the control of the department manager are termed direct expenses

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following would be included in the definition of nuclear family?

a. grandparents b. uncles and aunts c. father and mother d. cousins

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A firm benchmarking its customer satisfaction on the basis of secondary data should use _____

a. reliability measures b. the American Customer Satisfaction Index c. gap analysis d. SERVQUAL

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The United Nations is promoting a _______________________________ with business that asks businesses to voluntarily respect human labor and environmental concerns.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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