An organization's only sustainable competitive advantage lies in: group of answer choices
a. the data warehouse.
b. the creation of unrealistic expectations.
c. the employees' knowledge and how they apply that knowledge to business problems.
d. the use of business intelligence.
e. the business processes.

The following data were taken from the records of clarkson company for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2017. raw materials inventory 7/1/16 $58,100 factory insurance $4,800 raw materials inventory 6/30/17 46,600 factory machinery depreciation 17,100 finished goods inventory 7/1/16 99,700 factory utilities 29,400 finished goods inventory 6/30/17 21,900 office utilities expense 9,350 work in process inventory 7/1/16 21,200 sales revenue 560,500 work in process inventory 6/30/17 29,400 sales discounts 4,700 direct labor 147,550 plant manager’s salary 63,400 indirect labor 25,360 factory property taxes 9,910 accounts receivable 28,000 factory repairs 2,500 raw materials purchases 97,300 cash 39,200 a) prepare a cost of goods manufactured schedule (assume all raw materials used were direct materials). b) prepare an income statement through gross profit c)prepare the current assets section of the balance sheet at june 30, 2014

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and managers? a. change the corporation's formal documents to make it easier for outside investors to acquire a controlling interest in the firm through a hostile takeover. b. eliminate a requirement that members of the board of directors must hold a high percentage of their personal wealth in the firm's stock. c. for a firm that compensates managers with stock options, reduce the time before options are vested, i.e., the time before options can be exercised and the shares that are received can be sold. d. pay managers large cash salaries and give them no stock options. e. beef up the restrictive covenants in the firm's debt agreements.

Consider two cigarette companies, pm inc. and brown inc. if neither company advertises, the two companies split the market and earn $50 million each. if they both advertise, they again split the market, but profits are lower by $10 million since each company must bear the cost of advertising. yet if one company advertises while the other does not, the one that advertises attracts customers from the other. in this case, the company that advertises earns $60 million while the company that does not advertise earns only $30 million. if these two companies collude and agree upon the best joint strategy, a. neither company will advertise. b. both companies will advertise. c. pm inc. will advertise but brown inc. will not. d. brown inc. will advertise but pm inc. will not.