Answer:
b. Will always be higher than the dividend paid per share
Explanation:
A firm pays dividend to it's stockholders based upon it's earnings.
Earnings per share (EPS) is expressed as:
= 
Dividend payout ratio on the other hand is expressed as:
= EPS (1 - b)
wherein, b = retention ratio which denotes the percentage of earnings retained by a firm i.e not distributed as dividends.
Thus, a firm's earnings per share would always be higher than the dividend paid by it per share.
I shall replace the salesman after discovering that a salesman is receiving kickbacks from my largest customer, analog concerns.
Answer: Option A
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the above mentioned scenario, the salesman is given a kickbacks - "advantages" for either the good relationship that they have maintained with the client or for luring them to always provide them the product/service with discounts.
So in this situation I would obviously replace the salesman because such situations cannot be ignored and there is no assurance that the salesman will not take kickbacks henceforth. And asking for a cut is ethically wrong as the salesman getting the kickbacks.
Answer:
Your opportunity cost of attending a game compared with the opportunity cost facing a college student 10 years ago is:
A) higher, because more games are televised today.
Opportunity costs are the cost of choosing one alternative from another.
In this case, when college students attend college football games they are unable to do other activities, not only while they are at the stadium or going to the stadium, but they are not able to purchase other goods. The cost of those alternatives that are lost are higher now because many college football games are televised now, before if you wanted to see a game you had to go to the game. So a student is now able to watch the game while doing other activities, or saving money for buying something else.
Can this change in opportunity cost account for the decline in college football attendance?
B) Yes, because these changes increase the opportunity cost of watching football games in person.
Even though opportunity costs do not involve actual cash payments, they are still important and individuals do consider them when they are choose one option over another. E.g. imagine if you had to choose between spending a considerable amount of money by attending a game (ticket, gas, beverages, etc.) or watching that game on TV and buying a few clothes instead or going on a date, etc. What option would you choose?
Answer:
D. To keep our costs low and our prices competitive, Nelson Hardware only offers refunds for unused merchandise returned within 30 days with a receipt.
Explanation:
It is challenging to present bad news effectively. The managers or leaders have to deal with it in their day-to-day activities.
A. The first option is a direct "No". Therefore it is a piece of direct lousy news. It cannot represent an effective way of presenting bad news.
B. The second option tells the situation from the formal way of showing bad news. However, it does not represent any effectiveness.
C. The third choice shows the negative form of acknowledging faulty news. In this case, bad news becomes worse.
E. The last option suggests the same way as the first choice represents.
D. The fourth choice shows courtesy, formal business communication, and effectiveness by reasonably saying all the things. Therefore, when the conversation represents the formal business exercise or application, it presents a piece of bad news effectively.
