Complete question reads;
Which of the following is not a reason Best Buy has had a hard time competing with Amazon? Multiple Choice
a. Best Buy decided to bring in Hubert Joly as CEO to replace Brian Dunn.
b. Amazon has many strategically located distribution centers across the United States.
c. Best Buy had significant expenses that did not help improve sales.
d. Amazon has a deep supply of products to draw from.
e. Best Buy has faced some key leadership challenges.
Answer:
a
Explanation:
Noteworthy is the fact that Hubert Joly's arrival into Best Buy was indeed a blessing to the company because within a year after he came in 2012, the company's stock value more than doubled in 2013.
He further improved the company's customer interactions, plus greater price competitiveness during his leadership.
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.
Answer:
The correct answer to the following question is option E) 9.06% .
Explanation:
Here the cost of equity given is - 11.8%
Pre tax cost of debt- 6.9%
Tax rate- 35%
So the after tax cost of debt - 6.9% x 65%
= 4.485%
The debt to equity ratio - .6
So the weight of debt - .6 / ( 1 + .06 )
= .375
Weight of equity - 1 / ( 1 + .06 )
= .625
Weighted average cost of capital =
Debts cost x weight of debt + Equity cost x weight of equity
= 4.485 x .375 + 11.8 x .625
= 1.681875 + 7.735
= 9.06%
This is an example of COMPETITION element of the immediate environment.
In marketing, there are three elements of consumers' immediate environment, these are: company, competition and corporate partners. These three elements works together and directly determine the performance of a company in a particular place. In the scenario given in the question, Wendy decided to offer the 99 cent value menu purposely to attract more consumers than its competitors.
Answer:
It would take 36 months
Explanation:
Based on the information given we were told that the dealership offers to lease the Honda Accord for 36 months which means that if Nigel have make a choice to lease the Accord by entering into a contract with the dealership after which the lease amount is paid by Nigel each month for 36 months in a situation were the contract terms cannot be possibly carried out within a year, Based on the terms of this contract between Nigel and the Honda dealership the performance of the contract would take 36 months because the Honda Accord lease deal is 36 months and secondly the lease payment is made every month for 36 months.
