The Association of the Bush Administration and the Carlyle Group

question 23

Multiple Choice

The association of the Bush administration and the Carlyle Group, an equity investment firm with billions of dollars in military and aerospace assets, is an example of

• A)the military-industrial complex.
• B)dual-use technologies.
• C)development of the state.
• D)détente.

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Definitions:

Asset Management

The organized method of creating, managing, preserving, and trading assets in an economically efficient way.

Profitability

A measure of the efficiency of a company in generating profits from its operations, typically evaluated through various financial ratios.

Asset Turnover

A financial ratio that measures the efficiency of a company's use of its assets to generate sales revenue.

Inventory Turnover

A ratio showing how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a period.