Which of the following statements is true?

What strategy was avon pursuing until the mid-2000s? what were the advantages of this strategy? what were the disadvantages?

LenaWriter [7]

Avon used Direct Sales Model Strategy until the mid-2000s. It is a method wherein the business's own employees are in direct contact with buyers as they sell their products.

The advantages of direct sales model are:
1) strong customer relations
2) coordination with other effective business strategies
3) price and cost control
4) access to more customers

The disadvantages of direct sales model are:
1) more expensive compared to other marketing strategy
2) time consuming during sales calls or talks.
3) can be inconvenient or intrusive to clients or consumers.

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3 years ago

Qualcomm has developed a groundbreaking new CPU chip. The patent on the chip will last 17 years. You expect that the chip’s prof

umka21 [38]

Answer:

$50.74 million

Explanation:

Interest rate per annum = 8%

Number of years = 17

Number of compounding per annum = 1

Interest rate per period (r) = 8%/1 = 8%

Number of period (n) =17 * 1 = 17

Growth rate (g) = 5%

First payment (P) = 4 ($'million)

PV of the new Chip = p/(r-g) * [1 - [(1+g)/(1+r)]^n]

PV of the new Chip = 4/(8%-5%) * [1 - [(1+5%)/(1+8%)]^17]

PV of the new Chip = 4/0.03 * [1 - [1.05/1.08]^17]

PV of the new Chip = 4/0.03 * [1 - 0.972222^17]

PV of the new Chip = 133.333 * (1 - 0.6194589804)

PV of the new Chip = 133.333 * 0.3805410196

PV of the new Chip = 50.7386757663268

PV of the new Chip = $50.74 million

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3 years ago

Collins Company borrowed $1,250,000 from BankTwo on January 1, 2016 in order to expand its mining capabilities. The five-year no

hoa [83]

Answer:

Collins Company must recognize $118,750 (which is annual interest paid on the capital) in its 2017 income statement as an expense item if the method of computing the interest is the flat rate method.

If it is reducing balance rate, then the amount deducted will equal $ 87,823

Explanation:

According to the principles of Financial Accounting, the interest portion of any loan must be entered as an expense item. The portion of the principal being paid back is recorded as part of the liability of the company in the period under consideration. It often goes by the term Loan Payable or Notes Payable.

Hence to arrive at the answers given above, you must note that the year in question is 2017 and that the loan took effect from January 2016.

When computing for interest payable, two methods may be used:

Flat rate method: which requires that the interest rate applicable is computed on the capital and multiplied by the number of years the loan will run.

That is, $1,250,000 x 9.5% x 5 = Total Interest Rate Applicable.

= $593,750 so going by this method, the interest rate to be entered is

= $593, 750/5

= $118,750

2. Reducing balance rate method: This requires the rate of interest to be applied each year succesievely having taken into account the capital which way paid in the previous year.

That is, [Initial Capital-Annual Payments] *9.5%

For year 2016, annual payment will be Zero. Given that the loan started in that year. In 2017 however, the annual payment will apply as shown below:

= [$1,250,000-$325,545] *9.5%

= $924, 455 * 9.5%

= $87,823 (approximately)

Cheers!

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4 years ago

Suzanne, an HR specialist, is assessing training and development needs at

DaniilM [7]

In my opinion, we all have our own values and true colors so we can't judge and predict by only looking cover so we need time to make sure what kind of other stuffs need to fill up after her or his probation period. After that we should decide which is the best way and shouldn't terminate by just only watching cover of a new one during his or her probation period.

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3 years ago

In March 2018, Daniela Motor Financing (DMF), offered some securities for sale to the public. Under the terms of the deal, DMF p

kiruha [24]

Answer:

The rate of return is 7.20%

Explanation:

a) Assuming you purchased the bond for $880, in order to calculate the rate of return you earn if you held the bond for 25 years until it matured with a value $5,000 we would have to calculate the following formula:

Rate of Return = [FV/PV]1/n - 1

Rate of Return= [$5,000 / $880]1/25 - 1 = [5.6818]0.04 - 1 = 1.0720 - 1 = 0.0720, or 7.20%

Rate of Return= [5.6818]0.04 - 1

Rate of Return= 1.0720 - 1

Rate of Return=0.0720, or 7.20%

The rate of return is 7.20%

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3 years ago