Merger and acquisition strategies
a. are aimed at facilitating a company's shift from a broad differentiation strategy to a low-cost provider strategy
b. tend to be the most often used and most effective strategic options available to multi business companies
c. provide superior means for firms to rapidly increase the vertical scope of their core business
d. are one of the best ways for a company strongly differentiate its product offerings
e. are often driven by such strategic objectives as to expand a company's geographic coverage or extend its business into a new product categories

Identifying transactions national park tours co. is a travel agency. the nine transactions recorded by national park tours during may 2019, its first month of operations, are indicated in the following t accounts: cash (1) 75,000 (2) 900 (7) 8,150 (3) 1,600 (4) 6,280 (6) 2,700 (9) 2,500 accounts receivable (5) 12,300 (7) 8,150 supplies (2) 900 (8) 660 equipment (3) 8,000 accounts payable (6) 2,700 (3) 6,400 beth worley, capital (1) 75,000 beth worley, drawing (9) 2,500 fees earned (5) 12,300 operating expenses (4) 6,280 (8) 660 indicate for each debit and each credit (a) whether an asset, liability, owner's equity, drawing, revenue, or expense account was affected and (b) whether the account was increased (+) or decreased account debited account credited transaction type effect type effect (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Which of the following is not an example of one of the four mail advantages of prices on a free market economy

The basic difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics is that: a. microeconomics looks at the forest (aggregate markets) while macroeconomics looks at the trees (individual markets). b. macroeconomics is concerned with groups of individuals while microeconomics is concerned with single countries. c. microeconomics is concerned with the trees (individual markets) while macroeconomics is concerned with the forest (aggregate markets). d. macroeconomics is concerned with generalization while microeconomics is concerned with specialization.