What are retained earnings? Select an answer: the amount of money that a company earns as profit profits that are distributed to the shareholders as dividends profits that are put back into the company revenue that is used to pay taxes What is the best way for a small hardware store to compete against Home Depot, when Home Depot can charge less for the same products? Select an answer: Buy cheaper, inferior products. What did Jim Brown at DuPont use to compare the efficiency of vastly different projects? Select an answer. operating efficiency return on investment sales profitability return on equity Why would competitors want to see another company's financial statements? Select an answer: to help determine the strengths and weaknesses of the company's finances to determine whether the company is eligible for a loan to decide whether or not to make an investment in the company's stock to provide background information on a competitor's market