Lean Systems Are Not Appropriate for Service Operations

question 7

True/False

Lean systems are not appropriate for service operations.

Distinguish between the cost method and equity method of accounting for long-term investments.

Calculate and record the initial cost of purchasing stock, including related fees.

Understand the accounting treatment for bond purchases and sales, including the impact of accrued interest.

Recognize how an investor's share of periodic net income or loss from an investee is recorded under the equity method.

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The principle that when a gratuitous promise to do something in the future causes a person who relies on that promise to incur an expense, the promisor will not be allowed to enforce other contractual rights that are inconsistent with that promise; the promise can only be used as a defense by the promisee; also known as promissory estoppel.

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