Answer:Please Refer to the explanation section
Explanation:
The question has insufficient information, we are supposed to be studying the diagram to determine outlier countries with poorest international shipping logistics. i have consulted the International Shipping Logistic performance index 2018 to find poorest countries in terms of international shipping logistics. according to the world bank countries like Zimbabwe, Lesotho , Syrian Arab Leon , Sierra Leon and Niger are some of the poorest countries when incomes to international shipping
Challenges Faced by these countries.
- Challenge of being land locked.
Countries like Zimbabwe , Niger and Lesotho face great challenges in international shipping logistics because they are land locked. any Political instabilities in the neighbouring countries affect they logistics businesses directly because the need entry to other countries to transport goods
Countries like Syrian Arab Republic, Somalia and Sierra Leon suffer from Political instability which makes it difficult for the to trade with other countries.
The inability of sole proprietors to provide fringe benefits to their employees can affect the service rendered to customers. Without fringe benefits, the employer will not be able to attract quality applicants for his business. He may have to settle for less qualified staff who may not be able to provide clients with excellent service.
Answer:
To break even the company must sell
Explanation:
The position at which the company is at no profit and loss position then it is said that the company is at breakeven position.
Break-even position can be found from the following position:
Breakeven position = Fixed cost / contribution per unit
The fixed cost here is initial investment which is $9900 and the contribution can be found by taking the difference between selling price per unit and variable cost per unit. The contribution per unit is $0.55 per unit ($1.2 - $0.65). By putting values in the above equation we have:
Breakeven position = $9900 / $0.55 per unit = 18000 Units
So 18000 units are required to sell to reach at a no profit no loss position.
Answer:
3400
increase
Explanation:
the Herfindahl index is used to calculate the concentration of firms in an industry
The HHI is calculated by squaring the market share of each firm in the industry.
40² + 30² + 30² = 3400
If one of the firms leaves the industry, the industry becomes more concentrated and the HHI index would increase
Answer:
Martha
Based on the data and assuming these trends continue,
Investment in Handy Prosthetics is preferred as it would give Martha a stable long-term investment.
Explanation:
a) Data:
Handy El Lobo Malo
Prosthetics Incorporated
Standard deviation of stock prices = $1.05 $9.82
b) The above standard deviations measure the spread of the stock prices over their daily stock closing prices in one year. The Handy Prosthetics' stock does not fluctuate as much as the El Lobo Malo's stock. This reduced fluctuation in prices makes it a more stable investment than El Lobo Malo's stock. Therefore, Martha should prefer the Handy's stock to the El Lobo Malo's stock.
