Transportation costs
can make exporting an inappropriate strategy.
<span>If a product is bulky or heavy, because
of its weight or mass the transportation costs will obviously increase and make it more expensive, and
unless the product carries an extraordinary high value-to-weight ratio the
exporting strategy will be considered the least effective.</span>
If the price elasticity of demand for Mountain Dew is 4.4 then "mountain dew has a high price elasticity of demand".
<u>Answer:</u> Option D
<u>Explanation:</u>
In economics "Price elasticity of demand" (PED) is a metric required to illustrate the flexibility or elasticity of a product or service's required quantity to increase its value when nothing but the value of product vary. When mountain dew have price elasticity of demand is 4.4 this follows that a price increase of 10 percent would result in the quantity needed decline by 44%
as illustrated below:
4.4 = (% quantity change) / (% price change)
4.4 = x / 10
x = -4.4 (10) = -44% here negative sign shows decline in quantity required.
Answer:
Dennis, age 25, needs lifetime life insurance protection. His agent showed him a chart displaying yearly renewable term premiums and level-premiums for the next ten years. The level premiums were always higher than the yearly renewable term premiums. Based on this chart, Dennis is convinced he should purchase yearly renewable term insurance. What is Dennis overlooking?
"Age" and "Amount of coverage" is the important factor that is being overlooked.
Explanation:
"Age" and "Amount of coverage" is the important factor that is being overlooked.
In level premium insurance, premium prices remain unchanged throughout the term whereas, in yearly renewable term premiums, premium rates rise as the policies age.
Additionally, in level premium, the amount of coverage offered increases over time at no additional expense.
Answer:
The payback period is more than 5 years
Explanation:
Net present value is the Net value of all cash inflows and outflows in present value term. All the cash flows are discounted using a required rate of return.
Year Cash flow PV factor Present Value
0 ($490,000) 1 ($490,000)
1 $40,000 0.909 $36,360
2 $10,000 0.826 $8,260
3 $120,000 0.751 $90,120
4 $90,000 0.683 $61,470
5 $180,000 0.621 <u> $111,780 </u>
Net Present Value ($182,010)
NPV of this Investment is negative so, it is not acceptable.
Payback period
Total Net cash inflow of the investment is $440,000 and Initial investment is $490,000. This investment will take more than 5 years to payback the initial investment.
Answer:
c. To focus on establishing a brand name
Explanation:
Specialty products are products that people want to buy because they are unique and are from a certain brand they prefer. According to this, the answer is that in this case, the objective of the manufacturers of Caroline Perfumes would be to focus on establishing a brand name because that would create customers' loyalty and they would be willing to make an effort to buy the product.
