An Important Difference Between Financial Measures of Quality and Non-Financial

question 7

Multiple Choice

An important difference between financial measures of quality and non-financial measures of quality is that:

• A)financial measures of quality tend to be useful indicators of future long-term performance,while non-financial measures have more of a short-term focus.
• B)non-financial measures are generally too subjective to have any long-term value.
• C)non-financial measures of quality tend to be useful indicators of future long-term performance,while financial measures of quality have more of a short-term focus.
• D)None of these answers are correct.

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