Answer:
Letter b is correct.<em> A monopolistically competitive firm faces competition from firms producing close substitutes.</em>
Explanation:
<u>Monopolistic competition</u> is an economic situation that occurs when companies exhibit imperfect competition, that is, companies market similar but not identical products, which characterize them as substitute but not perfect substitute products. 
Products may have different variables, such as quality, price and reputation in the market. The greater the degree of product differentiation, the more price control the company will have.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
It is True that potential investors, in analyzing the profit potential for a distressed property, generally consider a financial framework including the acquisition phase, the holding period phase and the disposition phase
Explanation:
Acquisition is the process of gaining ownership or control of a real estate. It is usually sold by brokers to investors.
In the case of distressed property, there is always a holding period
Holding periods are usually targeted at 2-5 years, during which the asset that has been acquired is renovated.
The end of the holding period transitions to the beginning of the disposition phase.
During the disposition phase, the real estate which could be a distressed building is being disposed or handed over to the owners. At this phase, complete documentation is done and handed to both parties to endorse.
A comprehensive financial framework detailing all the expenditure across the acquisition phase, holding period and the disposition phase must be in place in order to get an accurate calculation of expenditure data to used in analyzing the profit potential of a property.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
1. To reduce the company's tax bill, Jack uses total cost to value inventory instead of using product cost as required by law.
- Competence: accounting records must follows applicable laws, regulations and standards, you must IRA and GAAP rules when preparing financial statements and tax reports. 
2. Since Emilie works in the accounting department, she is aware that profits are going to fall short of analysts' projections. She tells her aunt to sell stock in the company before the earnings release date.
- Confidentiality: accounting records must b confidential unless you are authorized to disclose them, and you are not authorized to disclose the information to your aunt. 
3. Veronica pays a Mexican official a bribe of $50,000 to allow the company to locate a factory in that jurisdiction so that the company can take advantage of the cheaper labor costs. Without the bribe, the factory cannot be located in that location.
- Integrity: you must abstain from performing illegal activities, and bribery is illegal. 
4. There is a failure in the company's backup system after a system crash. Month-end reports will be delayed. Kayla, the manager of the division experiencing the system failure, does not report this upcoming delay to anyone since she does not want to be the bearer of bad news.
- Credibility: you must report all relevant and important information regardless of whether that information will make you bad or not.