Which of the following is something company co-managers cannot do to help the
company meet or beat the investor-expected ROE targets in future years?
Make it a practice to pay an annual dividend to shareholders that will be smaller every
year and may even reach a level as low as 30% to 50% less than in Year 11, since
retaining a larger and larger fraction of net earnings for use in the business is in relation
to making the higher ROE targets that investors expect easier to achieve.
One of the payoffs of spending large amounts of money for social responsibility
initiatives and good corporate citizenship over a multi-year period is
- increased job satisfaction on the part of most PAT members (because they
enthusiastically approve of their employer's commitment to good corporate citizenship).
- the positive effect such spending has on increasing the company's image rating.
- the positive effect such spending has on increasing the company's credit rating.
- the greater the likelihood a corporation receives one or more Gold Star Awards for
Corporate Citizenship bestowed by the World Council to Promote Exemplary Corporate
Citizenship.
-higher P/Q ratings for both action cameras and UAV drones
positive impact such an expenditure has on increasing the image rating of the
corporation.
Which of the following is the LEAST important of the latest decision round results for
providing guidance to company managers in making strategic moves and decisions
necessary for improving their company's competitiveness and achieving a top ranking
among the companies competing in the current decision round?
The financial statement data as given on page 5 of the Company Operating Reports
Which of the following would be least likely to be an attractive and effective method of
cutting the design, assembly, marketing, and other costs of UAV drones and thereby
achieve a significant competitive advantage over competing companies due to lower
, overall costs per UAV drone sold?
trying to limit the warranty period to 60 days or 90 days-but no longer than 120 days-if it
is competitively feasible
-reducing the warranty period to 60 days, in case of presence of long warrants issued
by rivals
Trying to keep the warranty period to 60 days or 90 days-but no more than 120 days-if it
is competitively feasible to do so
Which of the following methods does a manager try to increase the company's EPS?
Issuing a large percentage of the company's internal cash flows each year in new
shares of the company's common stock
Decrease the total annual compensation per PAT member 10% to 20%; labor cost
savings per camera/drone will improve overall profits and the related EPS
- Try to steal additional sales and market share of cameras and drones by under pricing
all competitors in all four geographic regions.
Increase product R&D expenses for cameras and drones 20% or more each decision
round, and the resultant P/Q rating increases for a company's cameras/drones will
increase both total profits and EPS.
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Using a large part of the firm's internal cash flows every year to repurchase shares of
the corporation's common stock
Using a large part of the firm's internal cash flows every year to repurchase shares of
the corporation's common stock
Based on how PAT counts productivity, which of the following does not improve
assembling camera or drone PAT productivity?
Offering a higher quality of assembly bonus to PATs
Provide an increased annual bonus for perfect attendance, paid to camera/drone PAT
members to $875 from $800
Continue to maintain a total compensation package above the industry average total
compensation package-to minimize labor costs
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