Answer
B. Analyzing the external environment
Explanation:
The action of Procter and gamble can be classified as analyzing the external environment.
The external environment of a business are those factors outside the business organisation that is capable of influencing the decision and actions. The external environment factors includes economic factors, competitors, social - cultural factors etc.
The action of Procter and gamble of assessing the strength and weakness of his competitors prior to its entrance into the Eastern European market will assist the firm to identify the opportunities that it can leverage on in terms of the weakness of its competitors and and how well it can best improve its own services in other to match or surpass the strength displayed by its competitors
Answer:
a)J = 450,000 +(20% * C)
b)C =250000+ (50%*J )
c)J = 450000 + {20%* [250000+(50%*J)}
Explanation:
a)J = 450,000 +(20% * C)
This represent the total cost of Janitorial Department due to the fact that 450000 is a direct cost of janitorial department plus 20% of total cost of Cafeteria department allocated to Janitorial department.
b)C =250,000+ (50%*J )
This represent the total cost of cafeteria Department due to the fact that 250,000 is a direct cost of cafeteria department plus 50% of total cost of Janitorial department allocated to cafeteria department.
c)
Substituting the value of C determined in part b in part a
J = 450,000 + {20%* [250,000+(50%*J)}
Therefore in place of C in equation 1 ,the value of c determined in equation 2 is thereby substituted .
Answer:
The answer is D
Explanation:
The formula - Revenues / Total Assets is not one of the ways to calculate Return on Investment (ROI)
Return on Investment (ROI) is a ratio
net profit to cost of investment(total money invested the project or compnay)
The numerator must be profit while the denominator must be related to cost of Investment.
In all of the options, it is only option D that has revenue(sales) as the numerator which makes it automatically wrong.
Operating Costs
3.Cost of actually running a business
This is a clear indication of the company's resource usage productivity.
Accounts Payable
6.Amounts of money the company owes to other companies for products
as this affect the overall short term debt, if this is lower, the better for the company.
Cash Flow
4.The movement of money in or out of a business
having a positive cash flow is good for investment and capital expenditures.
Startup Costs
2.Cost of starting up a business until it can pay for itself
these costs are most of the time unavoidable.
Gross Profit
5.Total Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
Angel Investor
1.An investor who provides money to a business in exchange for debt or equity
however, the risk is that you might end up giving a significant controlling stake of the company to the investor.
Answer: See explanation
Explanation:
1. Calculate the first year's net earnings under the cash basis of accounting, and the first year's net earnings under the accrual basis of accounting.
The first year's net earnings under the cash basis of accounting will be:
Service revenue = $23400
Less: Expenses = $14310
Net income = $9090
The first year's net earnings under the accrual basis of accounting will be:
Service revenue = $29500
Less: Expenses = $15500
Net income = $14000
2. Which basis of accounting (cash or accrual) provides more useful information for decision-makers?
It should be noted that the accrual basis of accounting gives decision makers more useful information. This is due to the fact that the decision makers will probably want to know the revenue and the expenses that were incurred for a particular period and every other necessary details.
