Coca-Cola acquired its bottlers and created a national vertically integrated business operation in 2010. After spending 12.3 billion USD to acquire Coca-Cola Enterprises, its largest bottling partner, it reversed course in 2015 and sold off all its bottling operations. This is an example of a <u>failed diversification effort</u>.
<u>Explanation</u>:
Diversification efforts are taken by the organizations to achieve desired outcomes but sometimes they fail in it. The following are the reason for failure of diversification effort:
- failing to integrate acquisitions
- unable to understand how the acquired organization’s assets would fit with their own lines of business
- paying high premium for the target's common stock
- not acting in best interest of shareholders
The diversification strategy is adopted by many organizations to develop its business. In the above scenario, Coca-Cola Enterprises adopted diversification effort but failed in it.
Answer:
Product characteristics, price structure, placement strategy, and promotional strategy.
Explanation:
The 4p's are product price place and promotion
Answer:
(a) $546,300
(b) $12.88
Explanation:
(a) Earnings available to common stockholders:
= Dividend + Retained Earnings
= 33,300 + 513,000
= $546,300
Earnings available to common stockholders means the amount available to distribute as dividend.
But the company need not pay full earnings as dividend. They may left some portion as retained earnings.
(b) Earnings per share:
= Earnings available to common stockholders ÷ no. of shares of common stock
= $546,300 ÷ 42,400
= $12.88
Answer:
The answer is B.
Explanation:
To a layman, break-even point is the point where an entity neither make profit nor loss. It is the point where total revenue equals total cost(where the total sales line intersects the total costs line on a cost-volume-profit chart).
Points greater or above this intersection or point mean the firm is making profit and points lesser or below this intersection or point mean the firm is making loss.
Answer:
$12,280,000.
Explanation:
All the direct costs involved in the manufacturing of a product except fixed cost is called prime cost e.g direct material, direct labor etc.
Direct Material = $4,200,000
Direct labor = $8,080,000
Total Prime cost = Direct material + Direct labor = $4,200,000 + $8,080,000 = $12,280,000
Overhead costs are not classified as the prime cost because these are indirect costs.
