Which of These Goals Uses Parallel Construction

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of these goals uses parallel construction?

• A) Make the best non-battery flashlight possible, make the brand name known in every household in the United States, and make the flashlight the official flashlight of every state-owned hospital in the United States.
• B) To make the finest bicycles in the professional racing field, to attain sponsorship from at least three top Olympic riders, and obtain a return on equity of at least 15 percent.
• C) Enter three major markets in the next three years, maintain a market share above 20 percent, while continuing to provide the best customer service according to industry polls.
• D) To increase market share by at least 10 percent each year for the next five years, reduce employee turnover by 20 percent within the next five years, and to obtain a return on equity of at least 15 percent for each of the next five years.
• E) Generate sales of $100 million, generate ROI of 20 percent, and maintaining selling costs at 10 percent of sales.

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Definitions:

Common-Value Auction

In a common-value auction, all bidders have the same valuation for the auctioned item, but they may have different information about the item's actual value.

Private-Value Auction

An auction in which the value of the item being bid on is subjective and differs for each bidder, based on their private evaluation.

Dutch Auction

A market structure where the price of an item is lowered until it meets a bid, opposite of the traditional auction format where prices ascend.

Second-Highest Willingness

The concept of determining the price or value of an item based on the highest bid that did not win in an auction or competitive bidding process.