Answer:
Accounting rate of return = 20.53%
Explanation:
<em>The accounting rate of return is the average annual income expressed as a percentage of the average investment.</em>
The simple rate of return can be calculated using the two formula below:
Accounting rate of return
= Annual operating income/Average investment
× 100
Average investment = (Initial cost + scrap value)/2
= 30,000/2= 15,000
Accounting rate of return = ( 3080/15,000) × 100
= 20.53%
Accounting rate of return = 20.53%
Answer:
Infant-industry argument
Explanation:
Infant-industry argument says that a particular industry can't compete with other international competitors because of the economies of scale. So, they demand a temporary protection until they gain economies of scale to be ready to compete on a level playing field.
Note: This can also come in the category of 'unfair competition' argument as huge economies of scales of well established companies create an unfair environment for nascent industries to compete on a same level.
True. Do not forget that the equilibrium quantity is found when the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied, which must be where the two curves intersect.
Answer:
1. <em>Holders of the stock are entitled to receive current and all past dividends before common stockholders receive any dividends</em> - Cumulative Shares
Holders of Cumulative Shares will always receive the dividends owed to them because even if they do not get it in a particular period, the dividends will accrue until the company is able to pay them.
2. <em>Holders of the stock can receive dividends exceeding the stated rate under certain conditions - </em>Participating Shares
Participating Shareholders are eligible to receive an extra dividend provided that there is surplus profit after all the other dividends have been paid off.
<em>3. Holders of the stock are not entitled to receive dividends in excess of the stated rate. - </em>Non- Participating Shares
Even if there are surplus profits after all other dividends have been paid off, these holders are not entitled to that profit.
<em>4. Holders of the stock lose any dividends that are not declared in the current year - </em>Non- Cumulative Shares
If their dividend is not declared in a certain period, they will forfeit that dividend for the period.
Answer:
Extinction
Explanation:
Contingency of extinction occurs when previously reinforced behaviours are removed or changed as a result of changes in the environment. In this scenario, the behaviours that was changed in the current year was the payments of bonuses to top managers. The changes in the environment was the poor performance and average stock price dropping. It resulted in the top managers not receiving their annual bonuses this time.
