Period costs include
a. R&D.
b. promotion.
c. sales and administration expenses.
d. all of the above.

1 Answer

Answer :

d. all of the above.

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Last Answer : b. Quality Function Deployment and Benchmarking

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Last Answer : d. reduce R&D cycle time and enhance the effectiveness of the promo and sales Budgets.

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Last Answer : d. reduces R&D cycle time.

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