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3 years ago

Why is sustainable competitive advantage a critical strategy-making consideration?

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A long-term competitive advantage that is not easily to duplicate or surpassable by the competitors.

it allows the firm to earn excess returns for its shareholders.

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Data collected by a company to solve a specific research problem is called _____________.

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Answer:

Primary data

Explanation:

Primary data is information collected by a researcher from the field for the first time. The tools used to collect primary data are designed to address a particular problem. Consequently, the gathered information will be relevant to solving the problem at hand. Primary data is first-hand information and is collected using questionnaires, surveys, and interviews.

Secondary data is information that had been collected previously for other purposes but was found useful in another study.

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3 years ago

Indicate the effect of each of the following transactions on total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholdersâ equity. Se

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Transaction Assets Liabilities Stockholders' Equity

Issue common stock Increase NE Increase

Issue preferred stock Increase NE Increase Purchase treasury stock Decrease NE Decrease

Sale of treasury stock Increase NE Increase Declare cash dividend NE Increase NE

Pay cash dividend Decrease Decrease NE

100% stock dividend NE NE NE

2-for-1 stock split NE NE NE

When shares are sold or issued, they increase the stockholders equity as people buy these shares. They also increase assets because cash comes into the company when the shares are sold. This is why the Issuing of preference and common stock as well as the sale of Treasury shares had the same effects.

When cash dividends are declared, they become a liability that is owed to equity holders.

When these dividends are then paid, they remove the liability but reduce assets as cash is used to pay the dividends.

100% stock dividend reduces retained earnings but increases equity so stockholders equity does not change.

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3 years ago

Which of the following are true of an economy operating below full employment? Check all that apply. Actual real GDP is less tha

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Answer:

The economy has an unemployment rate higher than the natural rate of unemployment.

Explanation:

Full Employment is when all workers able & willing to work, are employed.

Unemployment is when a person able & willing to do a work , doesn't get work.

However, there is certain 'natural' level of unemployment normalised during efficient running of economy. It involves frictional & structural unemployment. Frictional unemployment is temporary unemployment of people shifting their jobs and Structural unemployment is temporary unemployment due to industrial reorganisation (eg : technological change).

So, Economy being below Full Employment implies that economy has unemployment level above natural rate of unemployment.

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3 years ago

When does government regulate producers in a mixed-market economy

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Answer: always as need as requested never

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4 years ago

The standard cost of Product B manufactured by Pharrell Company includes 2.0 units of direct materials at $6.9 per unit. During

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Solution:

Given information,

SP=$6.9

SQ=27400 (13,[email protected])

AP=$6.85

AQ=27,500

Now,

Price variance is AQ(SP-AP), or 27,500($.2)=$5500 (This is favorable, since the materials were obtained at below average cost.)

Quantity variance is SP(SQ-AQ), or $6.9(-1000)= -$6900 (This is unfavorable, since more than the standard quantity was used.)

Total materials variance can be obtained two ways:

SQ*SP-AQ*AP, or totalling the two variances already calculated.

SQ*SP-AQ*AP = 189060 - 188375

SQ*SP-AQ*AP = 685

2. Given information,

SP=$6.9

SQ=27400 (13,[email protected])

AP=$6.85

AQ=27,500

Now, price variance: AQ(SP-AP)= 27,500(6.9-6.85) =1375

Quantity variance: SP(SQ-AQ)=6.9(27,400-27,500)= -690

Thus total variance: -690

(Note that negative numbers are unfavourable, positive numbers are favourable.)

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