Strategic Mgmt Simulation Quiz #2

Which one of the following is NOT a way to improve the P/Q rating of a company's brand of UAV drones?

Increasing expenditures for free online pilot training programs made available to all buyers of the company's drones

Which of the following is not an action company co-managers can take to help meet or beat the investor-expected increases in the company's stock price in upcoming years?

Increasing the amount of earnings retained in the business, therby building a large amount of cash held in the company's retained earnings account on its Balance Sheet

Which one of the following is NOT an advantage or disadvantage of shifting to robotics-assisted camera assembly methods?

Robot-assisted camera assembly increases the annual productivity of camera PATs from 3,000 to 4,000 cameras per year.

Which one of the following is NOT usually an effective way to reduce production/assembly costs and/or marketing costs per action-capture camera sold in an effort to achieve a sizable low-cost competitive advantage over rivals?

Switching to robot-assisted assembly methods to lower depreciation costs at the production facility

Which of the following is NOT an action that can help improve a company's credit rating? (The financial measure used in determining company credit ratings are discussed in the Help document associated with page 5 of the Camera & Drone Journal.)

Use a portion on the company's internal cash flows and new issues of common stock to pay higher dividends to shareholders.

One of the benefits of spending sizable sums of money for social responsibility initiatives ad good corporate citizenship over a multi-year period is

an improved image rating