Market economy and free enterprise
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
 the general welfare will be the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus.
Explanation:
The consumer and producer surplus assessment serves to measure the overall efficiency of the market, which in turn is associated with overall well-being. An efficient market is one in which both consumers and producers have the incentive to negotiate and effect trade.
Consumer surplus is the difference between the amount he or she is willing to pay and how much he or she actually pays for the product. This surplus is positive when the amount paid is less than the amount for which the consumer would be willing to pay.
Similarly, the producer's surplus is the difference between the market price and the price at which the seller is willing to produce and sell. When the producer's surplus is positive, it means that he sells the product for a price higher than the minimum value that would stimulate him to produce.
Thus, the general welfare will be the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The new EPS is $ 3.16  
Explanation:
In order to compute the earnings per share after the share repurchase the shares repurchased must deducted from the weighted average number of share of 320,000 before repurchase so as  to arrive at the number of shares eligible for the earnings after such repurchase.
The number of shares repurchased=$634,000/$62.97 
                                                            = 10,068.29  
The average weighted number of shares after repurchase is  309,931.71  (320,000-10,068.29)
EPS after repurchase=$980,000/309,931.71 
                                    =$3.16 per share
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer: Option B 
         
Explanation: Safeguarding inventory refers to keeping proper records of inventory and protecting it from any kind of damage that may result in loss to the organisation. 
The main objective behind safeguarding inventory is to minimize loss of the organisation that is keeping it. 
In the given case, second option is the purchase return and it could not be considered a default of the purchaser of inventory. 
Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct option is B. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
IBM could either diversify by the strategy of market penetration, which consists in increasing the market share in a particular sector (in this case, cloud computing) through more marketing efforts.
Or it could integrate horizontally, acquiring a possible competitor that is more advanced in the cloud-computing business. Or even a start-up with good prospects, because with the amount of capital that IBM has, it could more easily expand the start-up operation as a new internal business division.