Answer:
c) understand the parts of the firm's operation that create value and those that do not.
Explanation:
Value chain analysis (VCA) is a process where a firm identifies its primary and support activities that add value to its final product and then analyze these activities to reduce costs or increase differentiation.
Value chain represents the internal activities a firm engages in when transforming inputs into outputs.
Value chain analysis is a strategy tool used to analyze internal firm activities. Its goal is to recognize, which activities are the most valuable (i.e. are the source of cost or differentiation advantage) to the firm and which ones could be improved to provide competitive advantage. In other words, by looking into internal activities, the analysis reveals where a firm’s competitive advantages or disadvantages are. The firm that competes through differentiation advantage will try to perform its activities better than competitors would do. If it competes through cost advantage, it will try to perform internal activities at lower costs than competitors would do. When a company is capable of producing goods at lower costs than the market price or to provide superior products, it earns profits.
Answer:
The journal entry is as follows:
Retained earnings A/c Dr. $18 million
To common stock $0.30 million
To capital paid in excess A/c $17.70 million
(To record the stock dividend issued at 1%)
Working notes:
Shares issued = 1% of 30 million
= 0.30 million
Retained earnings:
= 0.30 million × $60 per share
= $18 million
Common stock:
= 0.30 million × $1 par value
= $0.30 million
Capital paid in excess:
= Retained earnings - Common stock
= $18 million - $0.30 million
= $17.7 million
Answer: The answer is $27.25
Explanation:
Let x be the price Sweet dreams will charge to earn the profit of $75,000
New sales units = 20,000
New variable cost = $19
We know, Sales - Variable cost - Fixed cost = Profit
Now applying the equation,
20,000x - (20,000*19) - 90,000 = $75000
20,000x = $75,000 + 380,000 + 90,000
therefore, x = $27.25
So, Sweet Dreams will charge $27.25 to earn the same profit it is earning now i.e. $75000 per year.
Answer: 1. W: Is it worth doing?,2. R: Is it real, 3. R: Is it real, 4. W: Can we win?,5.W: Can we win?-
Explanation:The R-W-W Framework is used to screen new products. R-W-W stands for:
Is it Real?
Can we Win?
Is it Worth doing? By matching each description to nthe correct R-W-W category, i have that
1) The new product would cost $12.50 to manufacture, and similar products sell for $9.00----- W: Is it worth doing?
2)Research shows that 85% of high school students enjoyed playing the new game.-----R: Is it real
3)The results of the last market survey showed only 35% of consumers were interested in the new product-----.
R: Is it real?
4)A smaller ergonomic mouse was used by 57% of data entry clerks who participated in the survey.
----W: Can we win?-
5)To manufacture the new product, the company may need to hire 10 more assemblers.-----W: Can we win?
