Japanese Industrialists of the Late 19^th Century

question 58

Multiple Choice

Japanese industrialists of the late 19^th century

• A)embraced British ideas about individual self-reliance.
• B)taught that egoism will disturb the social order.
• C)rejected Confucian principles as inapplicable to the modern world.
• D)believed that competition leads to progress.
• E)both a and d.

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Definitions:

Activity Cost Pools

Groups of individual costs driven by the same cost drivers, used in activity-based costing to allocate costs more accurately.

Customer Margin

The profit margin that a company earns from a particular customer, taking into account all revenues and costs associated with that customer.

Idle Capacity

The condition when resources, typically manufacturing or production facilities, are available but not in use.

Activity Rates

The costs assigned to specific activities, used in activity-based costing to allocate overhead costs more accurately.