Giving people the authority to make decisions and take action in their work areas is called which of

Which of the following is FALSE with respect to the seven-step biomimicry process? The seven-step process:

a. mimics nature, which every industry can potentially learn from. b. focuses on feedback loops that identifies new challenges after one set of issues has been addressed. c. after identifying the problem and looking at it from a variety of angles, finds "experts" in nature (organisms) that solve a particular problem. d. identifies outliers which provide novel insights to the problem at hand. e. tends to be most useful for those industries that are more "biological" in orientation, rather than industries that rely on chemicals or industrial goods.

Assume that you purchased Quicksilver's stock at the closing price on December 31, 2004 and sold it after the dividend had been paid at the closing price on January 26, 2005. Your dividend yield for this period is closest to ________

Consider the following price and dividend data for Quicksilver Inc.: Date Price ($) Dividend ($) December 31, 2004 $14.88 January 26, 2005 $13.61 $0.11 April 28, 2005 $9.14 $0.11 July 29, 2005 $10.74 $0.11 October 28, 2005 $8.02 $0.11 December 30, 2005 $7.72 A) -7.80% B) -8.53% C) 0.74% D) 0.81%