Answer:
Spiff
Explanation:
Spiff: It is an financial incentive paid by manufacturer or employer to the salesperson for directly selling it´s product., sometime it is paid on achieving sales target by salesperson. It encourage seller to make more sales. Spiff stand for Sales performance Incentive Fund and it is paid quicker than commission.
In the given case, Automaker is paying spiff to dealers to encourage sales of it´s own brand over a competitor's product sold at the same store.
Answer: Brian and Sondra have, done nothing illegal
Explanation:
Brian and Sondra company are totally in their right, they are not directly involved in the poor fortunes of their competitors.
A rise in sales at Brian and Sondra company led to drop in the sales of their competitors leading to closure of their competitors businesses.
Answer:
B) companies to turn over responsibility for establishing and maintaining internal controls for financial reporting to auditors.
Explanation:
Sarbanes- Oxley is popularly called SOX and which is also know as the ''Public Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act'' in the United States' Senate and ''Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency Act'' is a USA federal law the sets out new regulations for all U.S public company boards, management and public accounting firms. Some part of the Act makes provisions that apply to privately owned companies.
The Sarbanes-Oxley is named after the bill sponsors that is Senator Sarbanes and a U.S Representative known as Micheal G. Oxley and this bill makes sure that the top management of a company must each individually determine and certify the accuracy of all financial information provided or stated. This bill was enacted in 2002 to curb a number of major corporate accounting scandals, especially those affecting big accounting firms like ; Enron, Tyco International, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems, and WorldCom that cost investors to loose a lot of money when the their shares collapsed.
As a guiding principal companies and organizations are supposed to adhere to the options mentioned above except for option B which states: companies to turn over responsibility for establishing and maintaining internal controls for financial reporting to auditors.
In my view one of the safest ways to enter markets in foreign countries in strategic alliance with an existing business of that market.This existing business knows about the market Manuel wants to sell its' products in. Furthermore, this would allow Manuel to prepare a strategy accordingly.But, if he forms an alliance with a business that has a bad brand image,it can get tough for Manuel business to even start.Although, I strongly believe that this is one of the safest ways to enter a new market.But,before he takes this step,Manuel must prepare a business plan.
