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Henrietta, the owner of a very successful hotel chain in the Southeast, is exploring the possibility of expanding the chain into a city in the Northeast. She incurs $49,500 of expenses associated with this investigation. Based on the regulatory environment for hotels in the city, she decides not to expand. During the year, she also investigates opening a restaurant that will be part of a national restaurant chain. Her expenses for this are $52,200. She proceeds with opening the restaurant, and it begins operations on May 1.Determine the amount that Henrietta can deduct in the current year for investigating these two businesses. In your computation, round the per-month amount to the nearest dollar and use rounded amount in subsequent computations. If required, round your final answers to the nearest dollar. a. The investigation expenses related to expansion of her hotel chain into another city: $ b. The investigation expenses related to opening a restaurant: $
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3. A fine-dining restaurant has been making every- thing from scratch for the five years it has been open; it is the only operation in the area known for scratch- cooking. The management hires a new chef who does a makebuy analysis only to discover that she can get much better pricing on many of her products if she buys them premade. After a tasting comparison, she discovers that the premade products are of high quality and taste only slightly different from her own. Should she switch to the premade products? Would your answer be different if this decision took place when the restaurant first opened?
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Behavioral targeting is the practice of ______. Multiple choice question. visiting a retail store to inspect merchandise but them purchasing online using information from cookies for directing online advertising from marketers to online shoppers forwarding a marketer-initiated message to others via electronic channels posting video blogs of merchandise purchase
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Both Sue and Joe are students. Your friend Sue has $20,000 of credit card debt (25% interest charge compounded monthly). Sue plans on paying $400 per month over the next 10 years on this credit card. Your other friend Joe has $40,000 of student loan debt (15% interest charge compounded monthly). Joe plans on paying $645.34 each month for the next 10 years.A) Which person, Sue or Joe, do you feel will pay the most interest expense and why?B) Which person (Joe or Sue) has the worst debt situation?
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An educational software company wants to compare the effectiveness of teaching about supply and demand curves between computer animation presentations and textbook presentation. The company tests the economic knowledge of a number of first-year college students, then randomly divides them into two groups. One group uses the animation and the other studies the text. The company retests all the students and compares the increase in economic understanding between the two groups. Is the study described above an experiment? Why or why not?
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Some argue that ____________ is actually in the long-term best interests of the corporation. This argument, referred to as ____________, is based on the notion that socially responsible corporations benefit by creating ____________ for themselves, thus motivating consumers to purchase their products, investors to buy their stock, and lawmakers to grant them further legal advantages.
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Which is an example of a demander of U.S. currency? Foreign firms that have sold imported goods in the United States, earned U.S. dollars, and are trying to pay expenses incurred in their home countries Foreign investors who wish to make direct investments in the United States economy U.S. tourists leaving to visit other countries U.S. investors who want to make foreign direct investments in other countries U.S. exporting firms that earned foreign currency and are trying to pay U.S.-based expenses
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Manuel Tores, a senior manager at Crawford Export Logistics, goes to France to negotiate a deal with the company's French partners. He dresses casually in a t-shirt and jeans. His French counterparts call off the meeting and accuse him of taking a casual attitude toward negotiations. In this scenario, dressing formally during business meetings is probably a cultural ________ for the French.
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At a ski resort located over one hour from the nearest large town, there is only one grocery store and it charges prices more than 200% percent above the typical retail prices. In the long run, we would expect that: Group of answer choices demand will decrease since people will not want to pay the high prices. another store will open that will charge lower prices. another store will open that will charge equally high prices since competition is low. the store will continue to earn high profits even in the long run since the size of the market is small.
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The management of Tony Corporation is considering the purchase of a new machine costing $400,000. No residual value is expected. The company's desired rate of return is 10%. The present value factors for $1 at compound interest of 10% for 1 through 5 years are 0.909, 0.826, 0.751, 0.683, and 0.621, respectively. In addition to the foregoing information the following data is available. Year Income from Operations Net Cash Flow 1 $100,000 $180,000 2 40,000 120,000 3 20,000 100,000 4 10,000 53,000 5 10,000 71,000 The net present value for this investment is: Group of answer choices positive $55,200 positive $18,130 Negative $126,810 Negative $99,630
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DonCo. Inc. sold merchandise on January 14, and accepted a 90 day, 5% promissory note in the amount of $5,000. On January 14, the entry to record this transaction would include a debit to: a. Cash in the amount of $5,000 b. Notes Receivable in the amount of $5,000 c. Accounts Receivable in the amount of $5,000 d. Sales in the amount of $5,000
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What other things do you think are important to consider when funding a business why are they important
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List the steps of the segmenting and targeting process (put the first step on top). Instructions Choice 1 of 5. Select target markets toggle button Select target markets Choice 2 of 5. Group potential buyers into segments toggle button Group potential buyers into segments Choice 3 of 5. Develop a market-product grid and estimate the size of markets. toggle button Develop a market-product grid and estimate the size of markets. Choice 4 of 5. Group products to be sold into categories toggle button Group products to be sold into categories Choice 5 of 5. Take marketing actions to reach target markets toggle button Take marketing actions to reach target markets
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Bramble Corp.s cost of goods sold is $280000 variable and $170000 fixed. The companys selling and administrative expenses are $160000 variable and $220000 fixed. If the companys sales is $1080000, what is its net income?
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The ROI on sustainability efforts can be difficult to quantify because a. the payback period is on the same time frame. b. the payback period is on a different time frame. c. benefits from such projects are tangible. d. an excess of necessary data for accurate calculation is readily available.
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Beck Inc. and Bryant Inc. have the following operating data: Beck Inc. Bryant Inc. Sales $219,400 $585,000 Variable costs 88,000 351,000 Contribution margin $131,400 $234,000 Fixed costs 58,400 39,000 Income from operations $73,000 $195,000 a. Compute the operating leverage for Beck Inc. and Bryant Inc. If required, round to one decimal place. Beck Inc. fill in the blank 1 Bryant Inc. fill in the blank 2 b. How much would income from operations increase for each company if the sales of each increased by 15%? If required, round answers to nearest whole number. Dollars Percentage Beck Inc. $fill in the blank 3 fill in the blank 4 % Bryant Inc. $fill in the blank 5 fill in the blank 6 % c. The difference in the of income from operations is due to the difference in the operating leverages. Beck Inc.'s operating leverage means that its fixed costs are a percentage of contribution margin than are Bryant Inc.'s.
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Evelyn paid a $700 annual premium for a business overhead expense policy that paid a monthly benefit of up to $4,000 for a benefit period of 6 months. When Evelyn became disabled she used the entire benefit for 3 months, which covered $8,000 of employee salaries, as well as $3,000 in rent and utilities. This means that the amount of the benefits which was reported as income equaled ______________.
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In a job order costing system: Select one: A. Each department accumulates costs and then allocates them to all units produced. B. The processes involved in manufacturing products are essentially identical for all products. C. Production generally happens in a "continual flow". D. The end products are relatively homogenous. E. None of the above
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Swisher, Incorporated reports the following annual cost data for its single product: This product is normally sold for $48 per unit. If Swisher increases its production to 50,000 units, while sales remain at the current 30,000 unit level, by how much would the company's income increase or decrease under absorption costing
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The Director of Information Technology for the city of Tampa, Florida formed a company to sell computer supplies and software. All purchases made on behalf of the City were made from her company. She was later charged with fraud for overcharging the City, but was not convicted by a jury. The control issue in this case arose because the Director had both ________ and ________ duties.
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There is no relationship between the level of education received and lifetime earnings.
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Eduardo arranged for his employees to acquire the education and tools they need to make decisions on their own. He is now confident that his employees will be able to handle more tasks independently, without extensive managerial assistance. What can be said about Eduardo?
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Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, controller, at Current Designs are beginning to analyze the cost considerations for one of the composite models of the kayak division. They have provided the following production and operational costs necessary to produce one composite kayak.Kevlar $250 per kayakResin and supplies $100 per kayakFinishing kit (seat, rudder, ropes, etc.) $170 per kayakLabor $420 per kayakSelling and administrative expensesvariable $400 per kayakSelling and administrative expensesfixed $119,700 per yearManufacturing overheadfixed $240,000 per yearBill and Diane have asked you to provide a cost-volume-profit analysis, to help them finalize the budget projections for the upcoming year. Bill has informed you that the selling price of the composite kayak will be $2,000.(a) Calculate variable costs per unit. Variable cost per unit $Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co (b) Determine the contribution margin per unit. Contribution margin per unit $Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co (c) Using the contribution margin per unit, determine the break-even point in units for this product line. Break-even point Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co units(d) Assume that Current Designs plans to earn $270,600 on this product line. Using the contribution margin per unit, calculate the number of units that need to be sold to achieve this goal.Number of units Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co units(e) Based on the most recent sales forecast, Current Designs plans to sell 1,000 units of this model. Using your results from part (c), calculate the margin of safety and the margin of safety ratio. (Round margin of safety ratio to 1 decimal place, e.g. 25.5%.)Margin of safety $Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co Margin of safety ratio Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co%By accessing this Question Assistance, you will learn while you earn points based on the Point Potential Policy set by your instructor.(a) Calculate variable costs per unit.Variable cost per unit $Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co(b) Determine the contribution margin per unit.Contribution margin per unit $Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co(c) Using the contribution margin per unit, determine the break-even point in units for this product line.Break-even point Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co units(d) Assume that Current Designs plans to earn $270,600 on this product line. Using the contribution margin per unit, calculate the number of units that need to be sold to achieve this goal. Number of units Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co units(e) Based on the most recent sales forecast, Current Designs plans to sell 1,000 units of this model. Using your results from part (c), calculate the margin of safety and the margin of safety ratio. (Round margin of safety ratio to 1 decimal place, e.g. 25.5%.)Margin of safety $Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, coMargin of safety ratio Bill Johnson, sales manager, and Diane Buswell, co%
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Which of the following would represent the As-Is movie rental business process in 2010?Multiple ChoiceCustomer enters store, customer chooses movie, and customer pays for rental.Customer researches movie rental database online, customer chooses movie, customer picks up movie at movie store.Customer researches movie rental database online, customer chooses movie, and supplier ships movie to customer.All of these are correct.
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