6. If consumers always spend 30 per cent of their income on food, then the income elasticity of demand for food is

2. Through stores that employ a team-based management approach and that offer an appealing shopping environment / experience, Wh

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Answer:

differentiation strategy

Explanation:

Based on the information above, it is possible to affirm that Whole Foods is a company that uses a strategy of differentiation in its products and services, as its management approach is based on a team that offers an attractive shopping environment / experience, in addition to charging higher prices for offering high quality natural and organic foods, as well as superior customer service than its competitors.

The differentiation strategy consists of actions used by companies to make their products and services attractive to their potential audience, offering added benefits and advantages that the consumer can perceive and value, making the company more competitive and well positioned in relation to its competitors .

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2 years ago

In the chapter, we used Rosengarten Corporation to demonstrate how to calculate EFN. The ROE for Rosengarten is about 7.3 percen

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Answer:

Explanation:

Sustainable Growth:

The maximum growth rate a firm can achieve with no external equity financing while maintaining a constant debt-equity ratio is known as Sustainable Growth Rate. It is the maximum rate of growth a firm can maintain without increasing its financial leverage.

The formula for finding out the sustainable growth rate is:

$sustainable\, grwth\, rate=\frac{ROE \times b}{1-ROE \times b}$

Where

ROE — Retum On Equity

b — plowback or retention ratio

ROE is the product of profit margin, total asset turnover and equity multiptier.

External Financing Needed (EFN) is the increase in assets minus the addition to retained

earnings.

EFN = Increase in assets - Addition to retained earnings

The increase in assets is the product of the beginning assets and the growth rate.

Increase in assets = Beginning assets x growth rate

The addition to the retained earnings next year is the product of current net income and the

retention ratio and one plus growth rate.

Addition to retained earnings = Current net income x retention ratio x(1+ growth rate)

The ROE of Rosengarten Corporation is 7.3%, plowback ratio is 67%. Then, the sustainable growth rate is 5.14% only. The question is whether a growth rate of 25% can be used to calculate the EFN (External Funds Needed).

The growth rate of 25% can be used to calculate the EFN. The sustainable growth rate formula is

based on two assumptions that the company does not want to sell new equity, and that the financial policy is fixed. If the company rises outside equity, or increases its debt-equity ratio. it can grow at a higher rate than the sustainable growth rate.

A firm's ability to sustain growth depends on the following four factors:

1. Profit Margin: An increase in profit margin will increase the firm's ability to generate funds

internally and thereby increase its sustainable growth.

2. Dividend policy: A decrease in the percentage of net income paid out as dividends will

increase the retention ratio. This increase internally generated equity and thus increases

sustainable growth.

3. Financial policy: An increase in the debt-equity ratio increases the firm’s financial leverage.

Since this makes additional debt financing available, it increases the sustainable growth rate.

4. Total asset turnover: An increase in the firm's total asset turnover increases the sales generated for each dollar in assets. This decreases the firm’s need for new assets as sales grow and thereby increases the sustainable growth rate. The increasing total asset turnover is the

same as decreasing capital intensity.

The sustainable growth rate illustrates the explicit relationship between the firm's four major areas; its operating efficiency as measured by profit margin, its asset use efficiency as measured by total asset turnover, its dividend policy as measured by the retention ratio, and its financial policy as measured by the debt-equity ratio.

Thus, the company could also grow faster when its profit margin increases, it it changes its dividend policy, by increasing the retention ratio or by increasing its total asset turnover.

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2 years ago

Beginning inventory for the month contained 2,000 units that were 70 percent complete with respect to materials. During the mont

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Answer:

a. 60,600

Explanation:

Given,

The number of units completed and transferred out = 6000,

Ending inventory = 3,000,

Percentage of completed units with respect to materials = 20%,

So, the additional completed units = 20% of 3000

$=\frac{20\times 3000}{100}$

$=\frac{60000}{100}$

= 600

Hence, the weighted average equivalent units of production for materials for the month = 60,000 + 600

= 60, 600

OPTION A would be correct.

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2 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

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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

Which of the following options is a challenge to the sustainability of strategically implementing an information system? A. Man

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Answer:

D. Customers and suppliers willing to learn and evolve with new technology

Explanation:

In an implementation of any new IT system, the resistance to adoption from different stakeholders in the organizations is one of the most difficult challenges that is faced by the project managers. To overcome this resistance, the project manager needs to be accustomed to the basic principles of change management which involves:

1 - Designing incentive systems that forces all the stakeholders to adopt the new system.

2- Manage proper communication strategy that conveys the benefits of adopting the new system and conduct training for all the users.

However, there will still be resistance from certain suppliers and customers to the adoption of the new system. Which can lead to failed implementation of the system. However by doing the following, any organization can make sure that customers and suppliers quickly become an integral part of the IT system:

1- Take feedback from the customers and suppliers so that not only a more user friendly system can be designed, but also customers will be more invested as they feel they have been part of the decision making process.

2- Invite customers and suppliers to use the company resources to make themselves accustomed to the new system.

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3 years ago