Answer:
A company comparison should not be made with industry averages if the company does not clearly fit into any one industry.
Explanation:
In Business management, it is important to note that many companies will not clearly fit into any one industry. 
Hence, when using industry averages, it is often necessary to use an industry that the firm best fits rather than randomly picking up any industry. Additionally, the analysis of an organization's financial statements would be more meaningful if the results are compared with industry averages and with results of competitors.
Any financial service sought after, should use its best judgment by analyzing and identifying which industry the firm best fits. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
b. attempts to provide a product with greater customer value than the first mover. 
Explanation:
In marketing, it is believed that the first mover gains an edge over the followers. A first mover is the initial entrant and provider of products and services catering to a marketing segment. 
A second mover refers to the immediate next of the first mover. The advantage second mover has over the first mover being, it can analyze the response the first mover generated and effectively gauge what went right and what went wrong for the first mover.
This way, the second mover can provide improved products than the first mover by not committing same errors as the first mover. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The share of each additional dollar of income earned that is devoted to saving rather than consumption.
Explanation:
The marginal propensity to save is defined as the fraction of increased income that is reserved for saving and not consumption, and it is the slope of the graph of income against savings.
For example if an individual earns an extra dollar and he has propensity to save of 0.5 that means out of the one dollar he will save 50 cents and spend the remaining 50 cents.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
b) $124
Explanation:
FIFO means first in, first out. Under this principle, goods that were purchased or produced earlier will be the first ones on sale.
The value of the goods sold in our case will be as follows.
The first ten items  	@ $10: 10X10 =$100
Two items to make  	[email protected] $12: 2x12=$24
  
Total cost: $100+$24= $124
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
 a differentiation advantage
Explanation:
This scenario best illustrates a differentiation advantage. This is basically when a company is able to offer a product that, despite being the same as the competitor's product, is slightly different or offers something that the competitors do not. This small difference is what attracts the customers and increases profits. In this case, Fashion Mart Corp is differentiating their product by providing a guarantee of quality, which the competitors offering similar products cannot offer.