That companies gain a competitive advantage by giving customers focus, cost leadership, and differentiation
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What is competitive advantage?</h3>
A firm seeks a competitive advantage when it aims to surpass its rivals in terms of profitability. An organization must be able to communicate to its chosen target market that it has a higher comparative or differential value than its rivals in order to establish and retain a competitive advantage. For instance, a business is likely to have a competitive advantage if it advertises a product at a lower price than a similar product from a rival. The same holds true if the marketed item is more expensive but has special characteristics that buyers are ready to pay for.
The SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analytical technique is credited to Albert Humphrey at the Stanford Research Institute. Porter's Five Forces is an alternative model that helps businesses understand their position within a competitive landscape.
Answer and Explanation:
The journal entries are shown below:
On Jan 1
Cash $500,000
To Bond Payable $500,000
(Being the issuance of the bond is recorded)
On Dec 31
Bond Payable $500,000
Loss on redemption $15,000 ($500,000 × 3%)
To Cash ($500,000 × 103%) $515,000
(Being the redemption of the bond is recorded and the remaining balance or we can say balancing figure is debited to loss on redemption)
Answer:
6.34
%
Explanation:
For computing the coupon rate, first we have to determine the PMT by using the PMT formula that is shown on the attachment
Given that,
Present value = $939.02
Future value = $1,000
Rate of interest = 7.15% ÷ 2 = 3.58%
NPER = 11 years × 2 = 22 years
The formula is shown below:
= PMT(Rate;NPER;-PV;FV;type)
The present value come in negative
So, after solving this, the PMT is $31.70
It is semi annually
Now the annual PMT is
= $31.70 × 2
= $63.40
So, the coupon rate equals to
= $63.40 ÷ $1,000
= 6.34
%
Answer: d. 2.27
Explanation:
Asset Turnover = Total sales / Average Assets
Last years turnover ratio was 2.0 so assume Sales were $20 and Assets were $10 which would give the turnover of 2.0
The new turnover would be;
= (20 * 1.25)/(10 * 1.1)
= 25/11
= 2.27