What five areas of business activity need to be examined to answer the question "How profitable is the business?"

What will be an ideal response?


The areas are sales, the cost of producing or acquiring goods or services, operating expenses, interest expense on borrowed funds, and tax payments.  By monitoring these areas and comparing company values to competitors and those with "best practices", profitability has a greater chance.

Business

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If the cost-accounting procedures of a particular company are so specific that no commercially available software can perform them, the company must develop _____ software.

A. own-interface B. dynamic code C. custom-designed D. adapted

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The last step in the value creation and delivery sequence is ________ the value where the sales force, sales promotion, advertising, and other communication tools announce and promote the product

A) developing B) positioning C) communicating D) reversing E) researching

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One form of process loss effecting today’s organizations is ______ or accessing the Internet for personal use while pretending to be working.

What will be an ideal response?

Business

What is a hammock activity and give an example?

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

Business