In the context of a SWOT analysis, which of the following would be considered a weakness for an organization?

President Bigego is running for re-election against Senator Pander. Bigego proclaims that more people are working now than when

maks197457 [2]

Answer:

d. both of them could be telling the truth if the labor force grew faster than employment

Explanation:

The president claims that more people are working, this is a nominal approach, if 5000 people were working at the beginning of his term and now, which is ending it has 5001 people working his statement will be true.

The senator makes a more economic approach, while there are more people employement, we must remember than the labor force grows each day, as more kids finish their studies and jump right into the search of jobs.

So, both statement can be true, example

at beginning

600/6,000 = 10& unemployement

6,000 labor force - 600 unemployee = 5,400 working

leaving the office:

1,100/10,000 = 11% unemployement

10,000 labor force - 1,100 unemployee = 8,900 working

UNder this scenario, both are true.

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3 years ago

"A customer holds 10 ABC Jan 60 Call contracts. ABC Corporation is paying a 20% stock dividend. On the ex date, the contracts wi

Viefleur [7K]

Answer:

On the ex date, the contracts will show as:

10 ABC Jan 60 Calls

The customer must exercise call contracts to buy the stock prior to the Ex-Date

Explanation:

The reason is that if the customer is not exercising the call contracts then it will not be able to receive the stock dividend. Furthermore, the OCC doesn't adjust the contract because of the dividend announcement prior to exercise of contract. This means it will only adjust if the contract is exercised.

The settlement of the exercise takes around 2 business working days, hence the customer must exercise the option 2 days earlier to the ex-date.

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3 years ago

Last month, you lent a work colleague $5000 to cover some overdue bills. He agreed to pay you in 1 month with interest at 2% for

faust18 [17]

Answer:

There are at least 2 opportunity costs associated with of letting your colleague have another month:

if you invested in the oil-well venture, you could have earned $5,100 x 36% = $1,836 in one year
if you invested in the new IT stock, you could have earned $5,100 x 48% = $2,448 in one year

You could invest in one of these options, or divide your money and invest in both options, e.g. invest $2,000 in the oil company and $3,000 in the IT company. Each different investment proportion results in a different opportunity cost.

Explanation:

Opportunity costs are the benefits lost or extra costs associated to carrying out an investment or activity instead of another alternative. Sometimes you might have several opportunity costs for one investment, e.g. invest in the IT company which is risky, invest in corporate bonds which is less risky or invest in US securities which is a safe investment.

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3 years ago

Taylor & Edwards Inc. manufactures television sets. Last month, direct materials (electronic components, etc.) costing $550,

kirill [66]

Answer:

$170.24

Explanation:

The prime cost are the direct manufactured product's costs

raw materials + direct labors

Direct materials 550,000

Direct labor 880,000

total prime cost 1,430,000

Units manufactured 8,400

Prime Cost per unit = cost / units

1,430,000 / 8,400 = 170.238095238 = 170.24

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3 years ago

Berne, Inc. uses a flexible budget for manufacturing overhead based on machine hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs per

Vladimir [108]

Answer and Explanation:

As per the data given in the question,

Flexible manufacturing overhead budget

Activity level :

Machine hours 2,000 hours 3,000 hours 4,000 hours

Variable costs :

Indirect labor $5 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000

Indirect material $2.50 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000

Maintenance $0.80 $1,600 $2,400 $3,200

Utilities $0.30 $600 $900 $1,200

Total variable cost $22,600 $25,800 $34,400

Fixed costs :

Supervision $800 $800 $800

Insurance $200 $200 $200

Property taxes $300 $300 $300

Depreciation $900 $900 $900

Total Fixed cost $2,200 $2,200 $2,200

Total Cost $24,800 $28,000 $36,600

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3 years ago