Answer: 1) Carol can use the surve results to . identify the building blocks of competitive advantage and develop strategies to use them to increase profitability and in this way try to get the most out of it.
2) Strategically, managers who have identified these advanced factors should <u>take steps to protect these assets, either formally or as a trade secret, optimize the company's use of them and not outsource them to other firms </u>because it is convenient to try that the competition does not find out about the use of this factor of production so that it cannot imitate them and thus be able to gain a greater market share to the competition.
3) The statement "in response to requests from customers for healthier food on the menu, a restaurant tweaks its recipe for its most popular sandwich to remove processed ingredients and replace them with fresh vegetables." describes a strategy that adds value to multiple factors as it goes through several activities in the value chain because the company's decision to use less processed ingredients and more fresh vegetables not only facilitates production but also responds to a customer need, which will value the products even more.
Answer:
The answer is $13,558
Explanation:
βP = 1.0 = 1.48A+ [.72 × (1-A)]
A = .368421
Investment in Stock A = $36,800 × .368421 = $13,558
The correct option is A.
Feedback refers to the receiver's response to the message he has received. The receiver may have to write the response down and send it to the sender who read it and interpret the message; thus repeating the whole process of communication again.
Answer: Average unit cost=$5.800 per unit
Cost of Ending inventory =$3,190
Explanation:
Average unit cost
First purchase= 650 units x $4=$2,600
Second Purchase=750 units x $6 =$4,500
Third Purchase= 850 units x $7 = $5,950
Total Cost = $13,050
Average unit cost = Total cost/ number of units =13,050/(650+750+850)= 13,050/2250= $5.8 per unit
Cost of Ending inventory = 550 unts at hand x $5.8 =$3,190
(using the average cost method)
Answer:
Yes, Tangshan Mining company should accept the project.
Explanation:
Payback period is the number of years it takes for a project's expected cash inflows to recover the initial investment amount.
Tangshan company's required payback period = 3.5 years
<u>Year CF Net CF</u>
0 -5,000,000 -5,000,000
1 1,800,000 -3,200,000
2 1,900,000 -1,300,000
3 700,000 -600,000
4 1,800,000 1,200,000
<em>Payback period = last year with -net CF +(absolute net CF that year /total CF the following year)</em>
Payback period = 3 + (600,000 / 1,800,000)
=3 + 0.33
= 3.33 years
Since 3.33 years is lower than the required payback period of 3.5 years, Tangshan Mining company should ACCEPT the new project; it will take less years to fully recover the initial amount investment.
