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Answer: D) increase in prices</h3>
An increase in prices will reduce demand, and not supply. You could have an increase in prices due to a shortage, but price increases could also be from a number of other factors, one of which is demand increasing.
Meanwhile, war, scarcity and extreme weather all are possible factors of a shortage. So we can cross choices A,B,C off the list.
Answer: This can be explained as follows:-
Explanation: MCdonalds change in menus and adding more healthy choices does brings change in the traditional value chain of the company.
In traditional times company was mainly focused towards the taste of the product and to make the service as fast and as efficient as possible but now the company is taking care of the health of its customers. Company wants to attract new customer base of health conscious people. In traditional times company's aim was to make quick service to get the tables ready every time a customer walks in but today company wants to make the restaurant a place where people can sit and enjoy their meal for a while and company is taking help of technology in this.
Answer:
E) Both the accounts receivable and the accounts payable periods
Explanation:
The account receivable and the accounts payable affect the length of the cash cycle. This is because, the longer the cash cycle, the more likely a firm will need external financing.
Answer:
unchanged, higher
Explanation:
The discouraged workers are those workers who can do work but at current they are not employed and are not looking for the work or they are unemployed since long
In the given case, there are approximate 5,000 discouraged workers who are looking for job but the population would remain unchanged and the number of people in the labor force would be risen or high
Answer: The correct answer is "a. the ability of management to use accruals to reduce the volatility of reported earnings over time.".
Explanation: Income smoothing refers to <u>the ability of management to use accruals to reduce the volatility of reported earnings over time.</u>
The smoothing of earnings is a practice that consists in reducing fluctuations in recognized income and, therefore, fluctuations in earnings. That is, the smoothing of earnings implies saving income in bonanza times to recognize them accountingly when income is meager.
