Downsizing Usually Results in

question 20

Multiple Choice

Downsizing usually results in

• A) higher firm performance.
• B) improved reputation of the firm.
• C) an increase in human capital per employee.
• D) an entrepreneurship boom.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs (direct labor, direct materials, and variable manufacturing overhead) in product costs.

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

An accounting technique used to determine how changes in costs and sales volume affect a company's operating income and net income.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct materials, direct labor, and overhead) in the cost of a product.

Common Fixed Costs

Costs that are shared by multiple segments or products of a company and do not change with the volume of production for any single product.