Which of the following best describes the potential impact of business risk on Earnings Quality? Select one: a. Business risk is mostly composed of financial risk factors and it has minimal effect on earnings quality.   b. Higher earnings quality is linked with companies more insulated from business risk. While business risk is not primarily a result of management’s discretionary actions, this risk can be lowered by skillful management strategies.'   c. A higher level of earnings quality can be observed in the industries with high business risk, because higher risk means higher returns   d. For managing business risk, the managers almost have no discretion, therefore business risk is not directly or indirectly related to earnings quality.

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