The three conditions that must exist in order for a market to be perfectly competitive include: 1. a large number of vendors and customers (buyers and sellers), 2. the vendors must be selling identical products and finally, 3. new vendors must be able to freely enter the market.
Explanation:
The journal entries are as follows
On December 31
Bad debt expense Dr $4,115 ($823,000 × 0.50%)
To Allowance for doubtful debts $4,115
(Being the bad debt expense is recorded)
On Feb 01
Allowance for doubtful debts Dr $412
To Account receivable $412
(Being the uncollectible amount is recorded)
On June 5
Account receivable $412
To Allowance for doubtful debts Dr $412
(Being the uncollectible amount is recorded)
On June 5
Cash Dr $412
To Account receivable $412
(Being the cash received is recorded)
Answer:
A. Evaluate strategic opportunities.
Explanation:
In strategic retail planning the steps begin with definition of business mission, conduct situation analysis, identify strategic opportunities, and the next stage is to evaluate the strategic opportunities.
In the evaluation stage we look at how feasible a strategic opportunity is. A choice is made between different alternatives to come up with the best choice for the business.
Answer:
The criticism is true to a certain degree, and unjustified to another degree.
Explanation:
It is true in the sense that the U.S. has indeed lost a lot of manufacturing to Mexico, simply because Mexico has far lower labor costs, and U.S. manufacturers have decided to take advantage of that by taking their plants to Mexican states.
It is also true that Mexico has been running a trade surplus with the United States in recent years, mainly because of the large manufacturing sector that Mexico has been developing.
On the other hand, the criticism is unjustified because neither a trade deficit nor the moving of manufacturing to Mexico mean that the United States as a whole is in worst condition than before NAFTA. In fact, most economists agree that free trade is a good thing for the economy as a whole, and that most people benefit from the lower costs and specialization that trade brings about.
The problem lies then, in the people who lose their jobs: formerly unionized manufacturing workers from the Rust Belt, for example. These people need to be helped with government assitance, both in terms of welfare, and training, so that they can find new jobs and make ends meet in the meanwhile.
