Kaplan purchased 2500 shares of its own previously issued $10 par common stock for $62500. as a result of this event,

a. kaplan’s common stock account decreased $25000.

b. kaplan’s total stockholders’ equity decreased $62500.

c. kaplan’s paid-in capital in excess of par value account decreased $37500.

d. all of these answer choices are correct.

In 1975, mcdonald’s introduced its egg mcmuffin breakfast sandwich, which remains popular and profitable today. this longevity illustrates the idea of:

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Mbo works by objectives moving through the organization; that is, top managers set general organizational objectives, which are translated into divisional objectives, which are translated into departmental objectives. the hierarchy ends in individual objectives set by each employee. this is an example of mbo working as objectives through the organization.