Leasing is often referred to as off-balance sheet financing because lease payments are shown as operating expenses on a firm's income statement and, under certain conditions, leased assets and associated liabilities do not appear on the firm's balance sheet. a. True b. False

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure