Answer:
C) Goods-producing firms focus on the flow of people, information, and services.
Explanation:
Goods-producing firms not necessarily needs to focus on the flow of people, information, and services, what is true is that firms use physical inventory because it's necessary to have available products to sale.
The facilities must be located close to raw material, suppliers, and labores if not the company will see the cost of sale increased by logistic costs.
Also it's important to have employees with strong technical and production skills so the company can get well products at the production line.
Answer: See explanation
Explanation:
Some of the drawbacks to transportation via pipeline include:
1. Pipeline transportation isn't flexible, it's typically a one way system and can be used for certain fixed points only. It's flexibility is poor.
2. Once it has been laid, the capacity of the pipeline cannit be increased further.
3. Once there is leakage, repairing it is a challenge as it may not be easily detected.
4. It requires huge investment to set up and maintaining it is challenging.
5. It can lead to illegal pilferage which may being about accidents and death.
Answer:
There are at least 2 opportunity costs associated with of letting your colleague have another month:
- if you invested in the oil-well venture, you could have earned $5,100 x 36% = $1,836 in one year
- if you invested in the new IT stock, you could have earned $5,100 x 48% = $2,448 in one year
You could invest in one of these options, or divide your money and invest in both options, e.g. invest $2,000 in the oil company and $3,000 in the IT company. Each different investment proportion results in a different opportunity cost.
Explanation:
Opportunity costs are the benefits lost or extra costs associated to carrying out an investment or activity instead of another alternative. Sometimes you might have several opportunity costs for one investment, e.g. invest in the IT company which is risky, invest in corporate bonds which is less risky or invest in US securities which is a safe investment.
Answer and Explanation:
The journal entry to record the tax provision is given below:
Income tax expenses $48,840,000
Deferred tax assets ($10,900,000 ×0.40) $4,360,000
To Deferred tax liability (($15,900,000 + $1,900,000)×0.40) $7,120,000
To Income tax payable ($129,000,000 ×0.40) $51,600,000
(To record income tax expenses)
Here the income tax expense and deferred tax asset should be debited as it increased the asset and expenses and credited the liability & tax payable as it increased the liability
