Of the Following,which Is NOT a Consideration for the One-Versus-Many

question 30

Multiple Choice

Of the following,which is NOT a consideration for the one-versus-many production facilities decision?

• A) Fixed costs
• B) The notion of the minimum efficient scale and its comparison to demand
• C) The local culture
• D) The value-to-weight ratio
• E) The infrastructure that the company offers

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Definitions:

Retained Earnings

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Weighted-average Shares

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Price-earnings Ratio

A financial metric comparing a company's market price per share to its earnings per share, indicating the value given by the market for each dollar of earnings.

Price-earnings Ratio

The price-earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, measures a company's current share price relative to its per-share earnings, indicating the market's valuation of a company's growth potential.