Answer: Define metrics to assess project progress and identify project-related risks
Explanation:
If Zona Pharmaceuticals decide to implement an enterprise resource planning management system in order to support product innovation and also to reduce the time to market a set of new products, the best way to avoid a failed enterprise system implementation is to define metrics in order to assess project progress and also identify project-related risks.
By defining metrics, this will show the progress of the project as the firm can see if the project is going according to plan and hasn't deviated from the goal. It is also vital to check any project related risks.
Answer:
C) perfectly elastic and identical to the firm in perfect competition.
Explanation:
In a perfectly competitive market, firms supply identical products, so the customers are indifferent towards buying the product from any supplier. What makes a monopolistic competition market different is that products are differentiated, so the customers will choose from which supplier to purchase the product.
When the products are identical (not differentiated), then the firm's demand curve will be perfectly elastic because a change in price will make their customers simply change the supplier. I.e. the products are all substitutes.
Answer:
Lahdekorpi OY, a Finnish corporation and Three-O Company, a subsidiary incorporated in the United States
Transfer Pricing:
a) The best transfer pricing method in this case is the cost plus method. This gives the transfer price as Cost + 50%.
b) The appropriate transfer price should be $3 ($2 x 1.5).
Explanation:
Transfer pricing arises when controlled entities set prices for exchange of goods and services. When Lahdekorpi OY, a Finnish corporation, sells wooden puzzles to Three-O Company, given their relationship, transfer pricing has arisen. It is the assignment of cost for goods and services exchanged between related parties, like a parent and a subsidiary.
There are many Transfer Pricing methods which entities and the taxing authorities can use to determine the best transfer price. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Multinational Entities and tax authorities can use any of these five main transfer pricing methods:
a) Comparable uncontrolled price (CUP) method. The CUP method is grouped by the OECD as a traditional transaction method (as opposed to a transactional profit method)
b) Resale price method
c) Cost plus method
d) Transactional net margin method (TNMM)
e) Transactional profit split method.
A mission statement defines the company vision and objectives.
A vision statement focuses more on the future goals and is usually longer than a mission statement because it covers things company purpose, goals, how it will be achieved, etc.
