A Manufacturing Firm with Common Stock That Is Publicly Traded

question 72

Multiple Choice

A manufacturing firm with common stock that is publicly traded has 100 employees and $10 million in sales.The firm would not qualify as a "small business," according to the definition in your text,because

• A)the firm is not privately held.
• B)the sales are too high.
• C)manufacturing firms are not usually small.
• D)the number of employees is too great.
• E)All of these.

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