When the value of technology utility and network externality benefits exceeds monopoly Costs.
Answer:
4 years
Explanation:
Payback period is the time in which a project returns back the initial investment in the form of net cash flow.
Initial Investment = $280,000
Net Income = $20,000
To calculate the net cash flows add bask the depreciation expense in Net income each year.
Depreciation = ($280,000 - $30,000) / 5 = $50,000
Net Cash Flow = $20,000 + $50,000 = $70,000
Payback period = Initial Investment / yearly cash flow = $280,000 / $70,000 = 4 years
Answer: B. Cats in a bag
Explanation:
oligopolistic firms is a small number of firms who realize that they all constitute such a small number of firms that they enjoy a lot of power together. so together they are cats in a bag.
Answer:
b. Will always be higher than the dividend paid per share
Explanation:
A firm pays dividend to it's stockholders based upon it's earnings.
Earnings per share (EPS) is expressed as:
= 
Dividend payout ratio on the other hand is expressed as:
= EPS (1 - b)
wherein, b = retention ratio which denotes the percentage of earnings retained by a firm i.e not distributed as dividends.
Thus, a firm's earnings per share would always be higher than the dividend paid by it per share.
Answer:
a. Cost of goods sold = Sales - Gross profit
= $416,720 - $242,950
= $173,770
b. Direct materials cost = Materials purchased -Indirect materials - Materials inventory, end of period
= $128,350 - $45,220 - $17,090
= $66,060
c. Direct labor cost =Total manufacturing costs for the period - Direct materials cost - Factory overhead
= $239,610 - $66,060 - ($90,430 + $45,220 + $13,750)
= $239,610 - $66,060 - $149,380
=$239,610 - $215,440
=$24,170
