Sam, the owner of a small company, learned that a competitor was planning to spend $150,000 on promotion in the next financial year.

as soon as he learned this, sam called his finance manager and said, "i want to spend $150,000 on promotion next year."

in this case, which method of promotional budgeting does sam use?

a) the objective-and-task method
b) the competitive-parity method
c) the percentage-of-sales method
d) the affordable method
e) the pull-push method

Retirement investment advisors, inc., has just offered you an annual interest rate of 4.4 percent until you retire in 40 years. you believe that interest rates will increase over the next year and you would be offered 5 percent per year one year from today. if you plan to deposit $13,000 into the account either this year or next year, how much more will you have when you retire if you wait one year to make your deposit?

Penny poodle wanted to know which dog obedience training program was more effective: puppy pride, the approach she has been using for any years, or doggie do-right, a new approach. penny convinced 50 human companions of untrained dogs to participate in her study. the dogs and their humans were randomly assigned to complete the puppy pride or doggie do-right course. at the end of the training programs, all of the dogs were scored on their level of obedience on a standardized dog obedience checklist (scores could range from 10 to 100). the design of this study is:

The discussion of the standards for selection of peanuts that will be used in m& ms and the placement of the m& m logo on the candies speaks to which building block of a sustainable competitive advantage: