Exam 8: Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues

Who has mandated that every publicly held company in the United States must issue an annual cash-flow statement in addition to the usual financial reports?

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has eliminated the problem of firms inflating their financial projections, so stakeholders need not worry about the financial projections of different companies.

In low-earning periods, too much ________ in the capital structure of an organization can endanger stockholders' return and jeopardize company survival.

Identify and describe three approaches for determining a business' worth.

What is a limitation of using financial budgets?

One of the four recommended approaches for determining a firm's worth is to base the analysis on the selling price of a similar company.

Why is market segmentation an important variable in strategy implementation?

What becomes a more attractive financing technique when cost of capital is high?

Multidimensional scaling involves examining three or more criteria simultaneously in a product-positioning analysis.

Which of the following variables is NOT directly affected by market segmentation?

Discuss some ways in which management information systems can benefit a company.

One R&D strategy is to be an innovative imitator of successful products.

After segmenting markets so a firm can target particular customer groups, the next step is to find out what customer groups want and expect.

Which statement is NOT true?

Why is market segmentation an important variable in the strategy-implementation process?

Name five examples of finance and accounting decisions that may require policies.

Which of the following is NOT an accepted approach for determining a business' worth?

The only reasons businesses have for determining their worth is preparing to be sold or to buy other companies.

Market penetration can be defined as the subdividing of a market into distinct subsets of customers according to needs and buying habits.

A limitation of financial budgets is that they can hide inefficiencies if based solely on precedent rather than on periodic evaluation of circumstances and standards.