Analyzing financial statement account balances over time for the same company is called:

A) vertical analysis.
B) horizontal analysis.
C) common-size analysis.
D) price analysis.


B

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The pursuit of organizational goals efficiently and effectively by integrating the work of people through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the organization's resources is called 

A. employment. B. career planning. C. competitive advantage. D. management. E. strategic planning.

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During the prospecting stage, a salesperson needs to identify the good leads and screen out the poor ones through a process known as ________

A) closing B) satisficing C) presenting D) qualifying E) approaching

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For an unrelated diversification strategy to produce financial results above that of stand-alone entities, executives must do all of the following except

A. negotiate favorable acquisition prices (to satisfy the cost of entry test). B. satisfy the attractiveness test, the cost of entry test, and the better-off test. C. leverage the cross-business strategic fit advantage effectively. D. diversify into businesses that can produce consistently good earnings and returns on investment and thereby satisfy the attractiveness test. E. do a superior job of corporate parenting via high-level managerial oversight and resource sharing, financial resource allocation and portfolio management, or restructuring underperforming businesses (to satisfy the better-off test).

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Jessup and Lange are having a dispute regarding some property. They want to have a binding resolution to their dispute, but they would prefer to have the dispute handled privately and by someone with special expertise. The best form of dispute resolution for their problem would be:

a. litigation. b. arbitration. c. mediation. d. a summary jury trial.

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