Which of the following is the best description of accounting's role in business?
A) Accounting provides stockholders with information regarding the market value of the company's stocks.
B) Accounting provides information to managers to operate the business and to other users to make decisions regarding the economic condition of the company.
C) Accounting provides creditors and banks with information regarding the credit risk rating of the company.
D) Accounting is not responsible for providing any form of information to users. That is the role of the Information Systems Department.
B
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a. social b. connotative c. phonemic d. denotative
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A. managing culture through socialization and training B. attraction-Selection-Attrition C. letting the culture organically develop D. being sure all employees know they must fit it
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a. often do so because they are desperate. b. experience a lower return on equity than companies that have an intermediate level of competitor alliance intensity. c. experience a higher return on equity than companies that have an intermediate level of competitor alliance intensity. d. experience about the same return on equity as companies that have an intermediate level of competitor alliance intensity. e. should try to "beat" the alliance partner.