Stock options and bonus's - in other words deferred compensation. These can be either vested or non vested, among other things.
Explanation:
The use of deferred compensation is usually tied to the performance of the company or vested so that the CEO must perform well for the company ot at least last a certain tenure. This is the bread and butter of executive compensation, there have been more creative ways in recent times however.
Answer:
Both a recessionary gap and cyclical unemployment.
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determine purchase authority
Explanation:
Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that David was not successful because he forgot to determine purchase authority. In other words he gave the presentation to someone (the receptionist) that does not have any authority to make purchases for the company and is why he was unsuccessful. David needed to find the individual in charge of buying the pharmaceuticals for the company and give him the presentation.
The purchase of low-quality materials would most likely the result of a favorable materials price variance coupled with an unfavorable material usage variance. Material price variance is the difference between the cost and the budgeted and actual cost to obtain an object or materials, multiply to the total amount of the product purchased. They are what you called positive value of direct material price and negative value of direct material price. A positive value of direct material price variance is the one that is favorable and it means that the direct material was purchased for a lesser price than the standard price. A negative value of direct material price variance is the one that is unfavorable and it means that more than the expected price per unit is paid.