<u>Explanation:</u>
Been the IT director at Attaway Airlines, it will be important to prepare a draft of the advantages and the level of difficulties the new computerized reservation system from an IT perspective.
However, the ultimate goal is not to simply win arguments, but to explain and consider the facts from both the Vice president of finance and the Marketing Manager.
Answer:
Competitive Advantage refers to those attributes which makes a company's products stand out in the market against those of it's competitors and helps it gain a competitive edge.
Managers usually use the following four tools to analyze competitive intelligence to develop competitive advantages:
- Michael Porter's generic strategies
- Michael Porter's five forces model
- Value Chain analysis which aims to identify the value added at each level of production and assign extra importance to those stages which contribute immensely to a product's value.
- SWOT Analysis which is strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats. To maximize strengths, identify and limit weaknesses, sense and grab opportunities and minimize or avoid threats.
Answer:
a.
Date Account Title Debit Credit
Jan. 31 Product Warranty Expense $15,160
Product Warranty Payable $15,160
<u>Working:</u>
Product warranty expense = Amount of sales for January * Estimated product warranty
= 379,000 * 4%
= $15,160
b.
Date Account Title Debit Credit
Jan. 31 Product Warranty Payable $355
Supplies $250
Wages payable $105
The costs of the warranty will be taken from the liability account for warranties because the warranty payable account represents that the company owes warranty repairs which the customer just came to collect.
Answer:
shifts in the demand curve
Explanation:
Aggregate demand is total value of goods and services demanded at a particular time in an economy. It indicate goods and services that will be bought at different prices.
The determinants of aggregate demand are factors that could cause shift in aggregate demand curve either to the left or right. A shift in aggregate demand curve to the right means an increase in quantity demand while a shift to the left means a decrease in quantity demand at every price level.
The determinants are ;
Price of the goods - An increase in price of the goods itself will bring about shift in the demand curve to the left and vice versa
Consumer expectations- When consumers expect price of goods to be high, demand curve would shift to the right and vice versa.
Price of related goods- An increase in price of related or complementary good would cause the demand to either shift to the left or right.
Income of the buyers - Increase in come of buyers would shift the demand curve to the right and vice versa.
Taste or preference of consumers- When consumer's preference shift in favour of a product, demand for such product would increase thus shifting the demand curve to the right.
