Which of the following dividend policies would most likely have the greatest variability in actual dividends paid?

Ace Plastics produces different kinds of products, all in one manufacturing facility

They have identified four activities for their costing system: Materials management-allocated by number of purchase orders Chemical processing-allocated on metric tons Molding-allocated on direct labor hours Packaging-allocated by number of units produced The activity rates are as follows: Materials management $12.00 Per purchase order Chemical processing $7.50 Per metric ton Molding $24.00 Per direct labor hour Packaging $0.10 Per unit Engineering design shows that the order will require direct materials that cost $540; direct labor cost will be $90. The order will also require four purchase orders to be placed, use two metric tons of chemical base, and need eight direct labor hours. The size of the order is to produce 3,000 units of product. Calculate the total production of the order. What will be an ideal response

Under which of the following situations would efforts to mitigate imitation by keeping information about a new product or service secret work best?

a. if several people know the information necessary to imitate your product or service b. it the new product or service is complex c. when the information that is being kept secret does not involve tacit knowledge d. all of the above are correct