Which of the following is true of acquisitions? Group of answer choices They are less risky than greenfield ventures in the sense that there is less potential for unpleasant surprises. In many cases, firms make acquisitions to preempt their competitors. It is a time-consuming process and takes a lot of time to execute. They give the firm a much greater ability to build the kind of subsidiary company that it wants.

Employees at a library check out books to patrons. books have an isbn and a name. the library sometimes has multiple copies of the same book. books have one or more authors. a patron is an individual who has an active (non-expired) library card. for each library card, we store the person's first and last names and their address. for each employee, we store their employee id, current salary, first and last name and their address. we also store the employee id of their current manager. each time we check out a book to a patron we need to store the date of the transaction, the employee who checked out the book to the patron, and the library card of the patron. some employees have library cards. if an employee patron turns in a book late, the fine that they pay is a percentage of their salary. some employees are authors who have library cards—they are allowed to check out as many books as they like.