A decrease in direct materials costs often results in a, a. Favorable sales volume variance. b. None of the answers are correct. c. Unfavorable sales volume variance. d. Unfavorable sales price variance.

Oliver is the vice president of production at his company and has been managing the launch of new software systems. he worked with a team of individuals who were tasked to create awareness about a specific product and also to approach potential purchasers of the product. which department managers were part of oliver’s team?

Robert is a district manager who oversees several store managers in a national chain of restaurants. robert reports directly to the vice president of stores and marketing, a member of top management. robert is a middle manager.t/f

Which of the following statements is not correct? the stock of publicly owned companies must generally be registered with and reported to a regulatory agency such as the sec. when stock in a closely held corporation is offered to the public for the first time, the transaction is called "going public, or an ipo," and the market for such stock is called the new issue or ipo market. "going public" establishes a firm's true intrinsic value and ensures that a liquid market will always exist for the firm's shares. if you wanted to know what rate of return stocks have provided in the past, you could examine data on the dow jones industrial index, the s& p 500 index, or the nasdaq index.