Three categories of activities (operating, investing, and financing) generate or use the cash flow in a company. In the following table, identify which type of activity is described below. a. Fitzi Chemical Co. earns revenue from its cash receipts from royalties.
b. The Yum chain of restaurants conducts an initial public offering to raise funds for expansion.
c. A company records a decrease in its total raw materials inventory from the previous year.
d. A pharmaceutical company buys marketing rights to sell a drug exclusively in East Asian markets.

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.