Answer:
a. Accounting profit for the business = $3,500
b. Economic loss = $1,000
c. The two friends can open the business and incur economic loss of $1,000 in the first year of operation. In subsequent years, the revenue may increase to generate better economic profit. This is the labor, risk, and reward of entrepreneurship.
d. If the two friends do not go ahead with the business because of the economic loss they suffer in the first year of operation, then they cannot be regarded as entrepreneurs. They are merely laborers who cannot assume any risk for greater rewards tomorrow.
Explanation:
Cost of business per month:
Operating expenses = $4,000
Lease of building = 2,000
Total expenses = $6,000
Revenue = $10,000
Accounting profit $4,000
Economic profit:
Revenue = $10,000
Total expenses = $6,000
Opportunity costs:
Lost salaries 4,500
Lost Interest 500
Total costs $11,000
Economic loss = $1,000
Answer:
b. They are not specific
Explanation:
The main problem with service quality standards such as "be nice" or "do what the customers want" is that they are not specific. An individual may think that they are being nice, while another person may take that behavior as being sarcastic or "having an attitude". The same goes for "do what the customer wants" since there are things that an employee is not allowed to do at all.
Answer:
It need sales figure of 22,125 units per year to break even considering their currnent contribution marign and fixed cost.
Explanation:
fixed cost per year:
equipment lease cost: 288,000
other overhead cost <u> 48,300 </u>
total fixed cost 336,300
contribution per unit:
sales revenue - variable cost
39.75 - 14.55 = 15.20
each units generates $15.20 dollar we need to save up for 336,300 dollars
break even point:
336,300 / 15.20 = 22,125 units
Answer:
Explanation:
In a situation such as this one the individual workers and their families may be better off or may actually do worse due to the real wage rises in terms of agricultural goods but the real wage in terms of the manufactured goods will actually fall. Therefore it depends on the worker's unique situation and in which sector they are in which determines if they are better or worse.
Answer:
c. develop a relationship with the person at the center of the grapevine so you can quickly spread and receive information throughout the organization
d. paying attention to what is said on the grapevine will give you a good serve of what employees are really thinking and feeling about the company.
Explanation:
- Grape wine is a rumor and informal channel of communication that spread throughout the organization in all directions irrespective of the authorities and develops due to various reasons.
- In order to manage this grape wine within the organization, the leaders may need o to defend the boundaries of grapevines and avoid the spread of rumors.
