Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) Chief among the costs associated with size is that larger firms are more difficult to manage.
• B) For most investors an investment in the stock market is a zero-NPV investment.
• C) Diversification benefits are by far the most common justification that bidders give for the premium they pay for a target.
• D) An acquirer might be able to add economic value, as a result of an acquisition, that an individual investor cannot add.

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Definitions:

Main Goal

The primary objective or target that an individual, group, or organization aims to achieve.

Confrontation Methods

Techniques used in therapy or conflict resolution that involve directly addressing and challenging a person's behaviors, attitudes, or beliefs.

Existential Therapists

Professionals who apply principles of existential therapy, focusing on free will, self-determination, and the search for meaning often in the face of existential concerns like death and isolation.

Paradoxical Intention

A cognitive behavioral strategy involving advising clients to purposely engage in or exaggerate a feared behavior or thought as a way to diminish its intensity and remove its control over them.