Answer:
• may be required to incur high costs for abandoning old technologies in an effort to keep pace with suppliers.
• may need to continue producing suboptimal products rather than upgrading its technology
Explanation:
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Vertical integration occurs when the suppliers or retailers is being controlled or owned by a company and hence, control its supply chain. This brings about reduction in costs and the improvement in efficiencies.
When there are improvements in technology at the supply stage of the value chain, the company will need to:
• may be required to incur high costs for abandoning old technologies in an effort to keep pace with suppliers.
• may need to continue producing suboptimal products rather than upgrading its technology
If this change will require employees to break old routines and adopt new role patterns, the preferred strategy for dealing with resistance to this change such as this is learning. The company would want their employees to learn new methods so as to be able to adopt to the change and in a way encourage to their employees.
Answer:
Assets = Liabilities + Equity
cash (18,000) NA Retained earnigns (18,000)
cash (88,000) NA Retained earnigns (88,000)
Retained earnings is an equity account and any cash dividends paid either to preferred or common stock will decrease cash and retained earnings, remember that both sides must balance.
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Answer: D) increase in prices</h3>
An increase in prices will reduce demand, and not supply. You could have an increase in prices due to a shortage, but price increases could also be from a number of other factors, one of which is demand increasing.
Meanwhile, war, scarcity and extreme weather all are possible factors of a shortage. So we can cross choices A,B,C off the list.
Answer: Opportunity cost of returning to college next year is $1,000,000.
Explanation: Opportunity cost is the cost of the next best alternative sacrificed or foregone. When the athlete chooses to join college he is sacrificing his income that could be earned from playing the game. The player has the option of playing for the minor league baseball team for $1,000,000 or for European professional football team for $500,000. The person thus has a choice between playing for the minor league baseball team (since it is the highest paying) or going to college. Thus the opportunity cost of going to college will be $1,000,000.
