<span>A department within an organization that focuses on generating profits is called a <u>profit center.</u> This is pretty self-explanatory: a profit center is there to generate profit for a company or an organization. Cost center deals with paying bills and such, revenue center gains revenue, and sales center deals with sales.</span>
Answer:
Proposal A
3.75 years
Proposal B
3.375 years
Explanation:
<u>Proposal A</u>
Payback = 3.75 years
Year Cash Inflow Initial Investment Balance Year Count
0 0 1,050,000
1 $280,000 770,000 1
2 $280,000 490,000 2
3 $280,000 210,000 3
4 $280,000 0 *3.75
* 1050,0000 / 280,000 = 3.75 years
<u>Proposal B</u>
Payback = 3.375 years
Year Cash Inflow Initial Investment Balance Year Count
0 0 1,050,000
1 $350,000 700,000 1
2 $3150,000 385,000 2
3 $280,000 105,000 3
4 $280,000 0 *3.375
* ( 3 + ( 105,000 / 280,000 ) ) = 3.75 years
Answer:
Option E is correct.
All of the above
Explanation:
This is an example of political risk since The current political party in Maharashtra-Shiv sena intervened and used Enron for its selfish interests. When US department of energy issued a statement that cancelling Enron could endanger other private FDI from USA, the same was again used to further its selfish interests. Finally Maharashtra renegotiated its contract with Enron.
Answer:
c. the trade balance and the exchange rate.
Explanation:
An Open Economy is an economy that allows the free inflow and outflow of goods, services, capital and people. The opposite of a closed economy.
What sets these two models apart is that in an open economy, both imports and exports are allowed, so that countries necessarily have to trade in more than one currency, so the exchange rate must be examined. In addition, business transactions are recorded in a balance of payments. So these are the two concepts that are not tried in a closed economy analysis, but are introduced in an open economy.
Answer:
1. Pressures for local responsiveness may make it difficult to ______________________________.
monitor and adapt to changing customer tastes in a large number of foreign markets
2. __________________________is the most appropriate strategy when there are substantial differences across nations with regard to consumer tastes and preferences, and where cost pressures are not too intense.
Localization strategy
3. ___________________________ is the most appropriate strategy when the firm simultaneously faces strong pressures for both cost reductions and local responsiveness.
Transnational strategy
4. A firm facing low pressures for local responsiveness and few pressures to contain costs might best pursue a(n) _______________________.
international strategy
5. Markets are dynamic, and any firm will face competition. In time, international and localization strategies tend to become less viable, and managers need to ________________________________.
orient their companies toward either a global standardization or transnational strategy
Explanation:
When a company's global business activities are coordinated via cooperation and interdependence between its head office, operational divisions, and internationally located subsidiaries or retail outlets, the entity tends to realize more competitive advantages than when it uses a single strategy. This is why the transnational strategy is offering the best alternative for international businesses in the globalized economy.
