Select the Appropriate Definition for Each of the Items Listed

question 26

Multiple Choice

Select the appropriate definition for each of the items listed below.
-Organizing costs according to the value chain and collecting both financial and nonfinancial information

• A)Financial accounting
• B)Managerial accounting
• C)Planning
• D)Controlling
• E)Decision making
• F)Value chain
• G)Continuous improvement
• H)Line positions
• I)Time
• J)Total quality management
• K)Lean accounting
• L)Staff positions
• M)Controller
• N)Treasurer
• O)Ethical behaviour

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Definitions:

Bird-In-The-Hand Theory

Assumes that investors value a dollar of dividends more highly than a dollar of expected capital gains because the dividend yield component, D1/P0, is less risky than the g component in the total expected return equation rs = D1/P0 + g.

Dividend Yield

A financial benchmark that illustrates the relation between a company's per annum dividend issuance and its share price.

Required Return

The expectancy of financial gain on an investment, considering its risk profile, set by investors as a benchmark.

Dividend Irrelevance Theory

A theory suggesting that dividend policy has no effect on a company's value or its stock price.