Answer:
The correct answer is C. Is top management committed to the study?
Explanation:
Market research is the process that includes the actions of identification, collection, analysis and dissemination of information with the purpose of improving marketing decision making. Its implementation occurs basically for two reasons:
1. to solve problems, for example, determine the potential of a market.
2. to identify problems, for example, to know why a product does not have the expected consumption. In essence, it seeks to meet the customer thus complying with the first premise of marketing.
That is why managers and researchers continually focus on the search for those practices that will allow them to improve the organization and direction of their processes and therefore increase their likelihood of success.
The principle of open opportunity in the marketplace means that anyone who wants to put up a business is welcome to do so. However, the success of his business rests entirely on how well it is received in the market.
Guaranteeing success to everyone in the marketplace is impossible. Competition is always present. Demand and supply can be affected by factors beyond human control.
Answer:
A) leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position.
Explanation:
As is given in the scenario, the people that the company Ancho is trying to get are <em>potential customers</em> rather than existing, hence they cannot be said to be building new core competencies <em>to protect and extend current market position</em>. That would have been the case if they were trying to keep those that were already customers to the company.
Ancho cannot also be said to be <em>redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets </em>because they are actually acquiring new competencies in electric car manufacturing which was not their original line of business.
There is also no case of <em>unlearning existing core competencies </em>because Anchor has deployed existing competencies in developing a hybrid car rather than just an electric one.
Hence Anchor is trying to get new customers while keeping the old ones and has made a car that will appeal to both existing and potential customers to improve current market position.
Answer:
$7,200
Explanation:
The computation of the total manufacturing overhead assigned is shown below:
= ($168,640 + $127,840 + $554,400 + $1,078,000) ÷ $514,368
= 375% per direct-labor dollar.
Now
= $514,368 ÷ 8,037
= $64 per DL hour.
And,
= $64 × 30 direct labor hours
= $1920.
So,
Manufacturing overhead is
= 1920 × 375%
= $7,200
All of these factors are important to consider EXCEPT "taxes paid on interest" because the banking institution has no control over the tax rate and how much you would be responsible for paying at the end of the year. Tax rates are set by federal and state governments and would be the same rate no matter which savings account you chose.
