Suppose nordstrom, inc., which operates department stores in numerous states, has the following selected financial statement data for a recent year. nordstorm, inc. balance sheet (partial) (in millions) end-of-year beginning-of-year cash and cash equivalents $ 1,431 $ 130 accounts receivable (net) 3,663 3,496 inventory 1,616 1,620 prepaid expenses 158 167 other current assets 428 378 total current assets $7,296 $5,791 total current liabilities $3,625 $2,882 for the year, net sales were $14,864 and cost of goods sold was $9,590 (in millions). (a) compute the four liquidity ratios at the end of the year. (round answers to 1 decimal place, e. g. 1.6 .) current ratio : 1 acid-test ratio : 1 accounts receivable turnover times inventory turnover times

Peppy roaney believes that pizza is a much more versatile dish than most people realize. as the national marketing manager for pizza guys, he observed how consumers were delighted with barbecue pizza, hawaiian pizza, mexican pizza and other unique combinations. his suggestions for other unusual pizzas, however, were met with a negative response by his superiors. even some of his colleagues laughed at his ideas. peppy's confidence in his ability to understand the market has led him to focus on planning a business of his own. peppy realizes that he will take a risk when he leaves his job with pizza guys and embarks upon a new venture: peppy's pizzazzeria. peppy is excited about the potential of profitably catering to the unmet desires of pizza consumers. peppy is confident that peppy's pizzazzeria will be a success, but only if he has enough money to do things right. since peppy has very little personal wealth, he knows he must obtain financial assistance. in order to prepare for meetings with bankers and p

At which stage would you introduce your product to the market at large? a. development stage b. market testing stage c. commercialization stage d. ideation stage

Select the correct answer a research organization conducts certain chemical tests on samples. they have data available on the standard results. some of the samples give results outside the boundary of the standard results. which data mining method follows a similar approach? o a. data cleansing ob. network intrusion o c. fraud detection od. customer classification o e. deviation detection