QUESTION 18 Which of the following are reasons to not incur too much debt? Your interest rate increases with your debt/equity ratio. You can not raise additional debt after your debu'equity ratio exceeds 3. Your share price can decline as your debt/equity ratio increases. Your brand awareness may decline due to the negative perception of firms that incur debt. QUESTION 19 Which of the following is NOT a way to improve your production efficiency? O Improve supplier relations Hire more workers Hold more raw material inventory Reduce set up times QUESTION 20 Which of the following is NOT an objective that could be use to improve operational effectiveness? Increase capacity to 50.000 SCO Reduce warranty returns to 0.4% Reduce time lost to raw material stockout to 14 Increase the number of bike Thopi carrying your producer Q000 QUESTION 21 Which of the following is a factor to consider when determining how much to spend on Investor Public Relations? Firms that provide clear, frequent information to investors can improve their stock value, Spending on Investor Public Relations can be a drain on profitability Larger companies with better brand awareness don't need to spend as much on investor PR. Developing new products that stimulate sales growth can be more effective way to boost a company's share price than spending on investor Public Relations. QUESTION 22 Which of the following is a factor when considering how much time each-worker should spend in training O A relatively new workforce needs more training, so you'll want to invest more O You'll probably need at least 100 hours per year to improve efficiency, but there's also an upper limit on how much productivity can be improved by additional training O ALL of the above are important factors in the training time decision Trainers and materials cost money In the short term production will be reduced because stat time is lost to training activities QUESTION 23 Which of the following it and of product development project in Mikeses Advanced A new product O A Droduct Modification A Value Engineering project All of the above are product development project in Mike Advanced QUESTION 24 Which of the following needs to be decided on at least a year in advance? Repayment of loans Addition of new products Hiring of workers Addition of plant capacity QUESTION 25 What should you consider to be a minimum probability of success in order to launch a product that you developed? 7096 8096 904 100%