The Work in Process Motive for Holding Inventories Suggests That

question 17

Multiple Choice

The work in process motive for holding inventories suggests that:

• A) firms hold inventories in order to produce more output.
• B) when sales are low, firms produce more than they sell and put the extra goods in inventories.
• C) firms hold inventories to avoid losing sales.
• D) when a product is only partly completed, its components are counted as part of the firm's inventory.

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