Answer: Target Costing
Explanation:
Target Costing is a method of costing on a product done while it's still being produced to determine the best price at which the product can be sold that would be able to compete with price of other similar products in the market and still make profit for the company.
RTP Corp needs to apply target costing for it's new computer processor in order for it to be profitable and beat the price of other processors in the market.
Answer:
(A) 8.22%
(B) 7.5%
Explanation:
The first step is to calculate the average nominal return
Average nominal return= R1 + R2 + R3 + R4 + R5/5
= 16 +(-5) + 19 + 13 + 10/5
= 16-5+19+13+10/5
= 53/5
= 10.6%
(A) The average real return can be calculated as follows
= (1 + average nominal return)/(1+ inflation) -1
= (1+ 10.6/100)/(1+2.2/100) -1
= (1+0.106)/(1+0.022)-1
= 1.106/1.022-1
= 1.08219-1
= 0.08219 × 100
= 8.22%
(B) The average nominal risk premium can be calculated as follows
Average risk free rate= Nominal average t-Bill rate-inflation
= 5.3% - 2.2%
= 3.10%
Average nominal risk premium= average nominal return -average risk free rate
= 10.6% - 3.10%
= 7.5%
Answer: Option A
Explanation: In simple words, a virtual organisation refers to a group of separate individuals or entities working for a common goal by coordinating their activities via any medium like E- mail or cell phones etc.
In the given case, all the four individuals are working for cutting clients cost and are operating through electronic mediums.
Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct option is A.
Answer:
a) DuPont analysis for Johnson International
2013: 0.059 x 2.11 x 1.75 = 0.2179 = 21.79%
2014: 0.058 x 2.18 x 1.75 = 0.2213 = 22.13%
2015: 0.049 x 2.34 x 1.85 = 0.2121 = 21.21%
b) DuPont analysis for industry averages
2013: 0.054 x 2.05 x 1.67 = 0.2121 = 21.21%
2014: 0.047 x 2.13 x 1.69 = 0.1692 = 16.92%
2015: 0.041 x 2.15 x 1.64 = 0.1446 = 14.46%
c) Johnson International's drivers follow the same tendency as the industry's average, e.g. net profit margin decreased in a similar manner, and total asset turnover increased also in a similar manner to the industry's average. The only driver that doesn't follow the industry's trend is financial leverage. While other companies in the same industry decreased their financial leverage, Johnson increased it. You should further analyze why this happened and what are the potential consequences.
Explanation:
The DuPont analysis is used to break down ROE into 3 different components and that way you can analyze whether a company's high ROE comes along with a high risk. The following formula is used to calculate ROE based on 3 different factors:
R
OE = net pro
fit margin x total assets turnover x financial leverage
