Answer:
d. price competition is especially vigorous, buyers have low switching costs, and the majority of industry sales are made to a few, large volume buyers.
Explanation:
Michael Porter specified 4 generic strategies for gaining competitive advantage, which are namely,
1. Cost Focus
2. Differentiation Focus
3. Cost Leadership
4. Differentiation
Cost leadership refers to charging lowest price and attaining cost advantage in the industry.
Differentiation refers to designing products with unique attributes.
Striving to be low cost provider would be most attractive when the buyers have low switching costs i.e it is easier and cheap to switch between products and wherein buyers are large and exercise considerable bargaining power.
Thus, the correct option is (d). price competition is especially vigorous, buyers have low switching costs, and the majority of industry sales are made to a few, large volume buyers.
Answer:
The answer is D.
Explanation:
Sinking funds require the issuer(borrower) to set aside assets at specified amounts to retire the bonds at maturity. Sinking fund helps the issuer to secure a bond with lower yield.
An agreed amount is deposited at an agreed period (e.g yearly) so as to pay of the par value or principal value at maturity.
Answer:
Explanation:
Base on the question been given to us, we can solve this using equity method as seen below
Investments in Polo = 300000+0.75*(40000-10000-5000*)
300000+0.75*(25000)
300000+18750
$318,750
Increase in value of Patent $50,000
Economic Life 10
Amortization $5,000
The $ 5000 would be reduced from the net income
Answer:
Bette's Breakfast should increase the price or change the cost´s structure.
Explanation:
Bette's Breakfast should increase the price to get any profits because the total of the cost of serving that breakfast is higher than the price.
Profit= price* sales -((Variable cost * sales) +Fixed cost)
Other option is changing the structure of cost per meal.
Answer:
The answer is: C) $62,000
Explanation:
The partnership had a total ordinary income of $200,000. It made guaranteed payments to its three partners (Molly, Amber and Pat) of $20,000 each ($60,000 in total).
So the partnership adjusted income is reduced to $140,000, out of that amount, 30% belongs to Molly. Molly's share of the partnership adjusted income is $42,000.
Molly's total earnings from the partnership are $62,000 ($20,000 + $42,000)