How Does Cinematch Offer Netflix Additional Operational Advantages for the DVD-By-Mail

question 49

Multiple Choice

How does Cinematch offer Netflix additional operational advantages for the DVD-by-mail business?

• A) Cinematch offers alternate recommendations of movies based on critical acclaim and box office performance parameters.
• B) Cinematch is linked to warehouses and recommends movies that are likely to be in stock.
• C) Cinematch is often used by movie studios to plan movie scripts based on user preferences.
• D) Cinematch is a source of additional revenue to Netflix as a marketing tool for recommending newly-released movies.
• E) Netflix leases the Cinematch collaborative filtering software to smaller firms at a fee, withholding the valuable user ratings.

Identify the elements of goals that motivate and direct behavior towards achieving objectives.

Acknowledge the impact of goal characteristics on motivation according to goal-setting theory.

Calculate margin of safety and margin of safety ratio.

Understand and analyze the effect of changes in costs on the break-even point.

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Definitions:

Basic Earnings

The amount of net income available to common shareholders, divided by the common shares outstanding, representing a straightforward measure of earnings without adjustment.

Common Shares

Equity securities that represent ownership interest in a corporation, entitling shareholders to dividends and a say in corporate matters.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account both the quantity and the significance of each item in a set to find an average that is influenced by the size or weight of each component.

Preferred Shares

A class of ownership in a corporation that has a higher claim on its assets and earnings than common shares, often with fixed dividends and no voting rights.