TABLE 4-9 A Survey Conducted by the Segal Company of New York

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Essay

TABLE 4-9
A survey conducted by the Segal Company of New York found that in a sample of 189 large companies, 40 offered stock options to their board members as part of their non-cash compensation packages. For small- to mid-sized companies, 43 of the 180 surveyed indicated that they offer stock options as part of their noncash compensation packages to their board members.
-Referring to Table 4-9, is the size of the company independent of whether stock options are offered to their board members and why?

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Equivalent Units

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A term that describes items or activities that are currently underway but not yet completed, often used in manufacturing and project management.

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Refers to the combination of labor and manufacturing overhead costs incurred to convert raw materials into finished goods.

Equivalent Unit

It is a concept used in cost accounting to express the amount of work done on incomplete products in terms of fully completed units.