<span>A life or health insurance policy is owned by an employee, but the premiums are paid by the employer: o The premiums are treated as taxable income to the employee. o The employer may deduct the premiums against business income as long as the premiums are a reasonable business expense.</span>
To solve:
Dividend yield = Annual Dividend / Market Price
Dividend yield = $2.40 / $46.10
Dividend yield = 0.0521
Then we are going to multiply by 100 to get the total in a percent
Dividend yield percent = (0.0521)(100)
Dividend yield = 5.21%
Answer:
(a) Strategy recommended for initial expansion
Target Markets
Market Entry
(b) Factors to consider when pursuing the expansion strategy
Brand Recognition
Cultural Understanding
Explanation:
There are two parts of this question. Therefore, they are written in details below as points (a) and (b)
<u>(a) Strategy recommended for initial expansion</u>
<u>Target Markets</u>
In order to proceed with any idea/plan at a strategic level, one must consider doing their homework. This means to understand the international customers, what do they buy, at what price is the goods preferred, which methods of shopping best suits them and so on.
<u>Market Entry</u>
Planning on how to enter the market is an important strategy in the plan for initial expansion. This could be achieved by acquiring another business and/or selling unique product/service.
(b) Factors to consider when pursuing the expansion strategy
<u>Brand Recognition</u>
One must question whether your brand is recognized in the market or not and at what level is it recognized. Awareness of brand existence have increased significantly with the help of social media. However, the same could be said about the number of brands available in the market for a single good/service. Therefore, research must be conducted before expanding into new territories.
<u>Cultural Understanding</u>
Culture is different in each country and based on which different market strategies needs to be implemented for each country. Let's say you approach a country where language of the country is not known to your existing employees. Therefore, you may need to train them first before working in the country and this could amount to a significant cost. It's best to start expansion in those countries where you have better cultural understanding.
Answer:
Option D. Shut down because staying open would be more expensive.
Explanation:
The reason is that the total variable cost is lower than the total revenue which means the company can not reduce its variable cost so it is meaningless to produce the product. So the best option left is not to generate loss by simply shutting down the business.
