Paymaster Company Provided the Following Information for the Year Just

question 32

Multiple Choice

Paymaster Company provided the following information for the year just ended. What is the return on investment?

• A) 2.25
• B) 1.57
• C) 1.05
• D) 0.59
• E) 0.55

Identify the role of synergy in increasing the output of combined business efforts.

Differentiate between various terms and strategies such as by-product synergy, brand recognition, and economies of scale versus economies of scope.

Understand how firms can save money by applying economies of scope.

Identify strategies multi-business-unit companies use to create economies of scope.

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Definitions:

Negative Punisher

A stimulus that, when removed after a behavior, decreases the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.

Positive Punishment

The addition of an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior's recurrence.

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification technique where a desirable stimulus is removed following an unwanted behavior, with the aim of decreasing that behavior in the future.

Stimulus Generalization

A psychological phenomenon in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with similar stimuli, leading to the same response to the similar stimuli.