The answers are as follows:
1. When Peter Metcalf describes black diamond manufacturing facility in China as 'greenfield project', he means that BLACK DIAMOND BUILT THE PLANT AND OWNS IT COMPLETELY. Of all market entry strategies, this one carries the HIGHEST risk.
A greenfield project refers to a new facility or industrial plant that is built in a location where no such facility exist before. This means that such companies are usually the first of its kind in that environment. Such investment usually involves huge amount of money and other resources as the company has to build from scratch up. This type of market entry is considered to be very risky because it involves a lot of money and all this could be lost if things don't work out as planned.
2. The following advice should be given to Peter, Thomas and Wim:
I. Recruit local people to work as sale people and distributors.
II. Research what people with annual income of less than US $1,500 really need.
III. Assign Research and Development the project of developing gears that meet the basic needs for warmth and dryness but can be manufactured inexpensively.
Since these three people intend manufacturing for people of lower income in the society, they have to take the above listed steps in order to reduce the amount of money spent during the production process and distribution period so that they will be able to make profits from the venture.
Answer:
$0
Explanation:
Given that,
Deposits = $100,000
Required reserve ratio = 25 percent
Total bank reserves = $25,000
Required reserve ratio refers to the ratio of deposits that are kept with the federal reserve.
Required reserves:
= Deposits × Required reserve ratio
= $100,000 × 0.25
= $25,000
Excess reserves:
= Total reserves - Required reserves
= $25,000 - $25,000
= $0
So, there is no excess reserves in this economy.
Money multiplier:
= 1/Required reserve ratio
= 1/0.25
= 4
Therefore, the total money creation potential of this deposit is zero.
Answer:
$27,400 and $59,600
Explanation:
The computation of the depreciation expense and the book value using the sum of-the-years'-digits method is shown below:
Depreciation expense is
= (Purchase cost - residual value) × useful life ÷ sum of years
= ($87,000 - $4,800) × 5 years ÷ (5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1)
= $27,400
And, the book value is
= Purchase cost - depreciation expense
= $87,000 - $27,400
= $59,600
Answer: 60%
Explanation:
Find the ending work in process.
Materials are complete at inception so the Equivalent units of Materials represent the total units.
Ending WIP will therefore be:
= Materials EUP - Units started and completed
= 5,000 - 3,500
= 1,500 units
Stage of completion is based on Conversion.
Conversion EUP = Total started and completed + (x% * Closing WIP)
4,400 = 3,500 + (x% * 1,500)
4,400 = 3,500 + 15x
15x = 4,400 - 3,500
15x = 900
x = 900/15
x = 60%
<em>Conversion is 60% complete so this is the stage of completion. </em>
Answer:
Accounting rate of return = 20.53%
Explanation:
<em>The accounting rate of return is the average annual income expressed as a percentage of the average investment.</em>
The simple rate of return can be calculated using the two formula below:
Accounting rate of return
= Annual operating income/Average investment
× 100
Average investment = (Initial cost + scrap value)/2
= 30,000/2= 15,000
Accounting rate of return = ( 3080/15,000) × 100
= 20.53%
Accounting rate of return = 20.53%
