Answer:
The answer is: letter a, To protect national security.
Explanation:
This incident occurred in <em>2016.</em> Taobao is one of the online shopping websites owned by "Alibaba Group." It was placed on the blacklist by the U.S. because of selling<em> "counterfeit goods."</em> However, it was removed from the blacklist in 2012, since it showed efforts in combating piracy.
One reason for putting Taobao in the blacklist is to protect national security. This is the responsibility of the government to the nation when it feels threatened by anything harmful. The pirated goods were considered a threat to the nation. It can also result to financial loss to the owners due to stolen intellectual properties.
Thus, this explains the answer.
Answer: B
Explanation:
A vertical integration is where a company owns another company in the same production line.
For example a company that bakes bread has a farm where wheat is cultivated, a marketing company and retail locations for the sale of the bread.
The advantages of Vertical integration include:
a. It reduces costs.
b. It increases efficiency.
c. It gives the firm greater control of the production process.
A major disadvantage of vertical integration is it requires huge capital outlay.
Answer:
$360,000
Explanation:
Net sales : $2,500,000
Cost of goods sold : ($1,300,000)
Gross profit : $ 1,200,000
Interest expense : ($50,000)
Net profit : $ 1, 150,000
Retained earning: ($30,000)
Dividends paid : ($300,000)
Tax at 40%: =40% * $1,150,000
($460,000)
Depreciation expense : $360,000
Answer: c. They would do better charging $15 than $10.
Explanation:
It is given that Max and Maddy total cost of car parking remains the same, that is it does not matter whether they have seven or five cars parked on their lawn. So, since total cost is constant, Max and Maddy's decision would depend on total revenue.
Total revenue from charging, $10 is $70,
Total revenue from charging $15 is $75.
Since, total cost is constant, Max and Maddy will choose to charge $15 since it is giving them $5 more.
Answer:
d. Strategy implementation.
Explanation:
Strategic implementation is the process of putting the strategy into action.
After strategic planning, which is the definition of the action plans necessary for a company to achieve the defined objectives and goals, it is the phase of strategic implementation, which is the process of executing the plans defined in the planning stage.
Therefore, when implementing the strategy in an organization, it is necessary that the action plans are constantly monitored, so that the managers can have knowledge of the performance of the designed strategy, to prevent failures, correct some essential factor for the effectiveness of the action plans, monitor the internal and external environment, monitor the performance of employees, etc., in order to seek continuous improvement of the company's strategic action processes to achieve the expected objectives.
