First health inc. and quadra software solutions inc. have decided to share resources to produce a meal planning program for use at home. the two firms have decided to work together on the project since they cannot develop the project solely with their individual resources. both organizations will own the resulting program. this effort is known as a

a. vertical integration. b. organized divestiture. c. hostile takeover. d. strategic alliance. e. related diversification.

Case in point 2.4 attaway airlines, part two back at attaway airlines, the morning meeting ended with no agreement between dan esposito and molly kinnon. in fact, a new issue arose. molly now says that the new accounting system is entitled to the highest priority because the federal government soon will require the reporting of certain types of company-paid health insurance premiums. because the current system will not handle this report, she insists that the entire accounting system is a nondiscretionary project. as you might expect, dan is upset. can part of a project be nondiscretionary? what issues need to be discussed? the committee meets again tomorrow, and the members will look to you, as the it director, for guidance.

Which type of market are you in if your company, along with three other companies, controls 95 percent of the total music industry?

The sec has historically raised questions regarding the independence of firms that derive a significant portion of their total revenues from one audit client or group of clients because the sec staff believes this situation causes cpa firms to