Sole proprietorship has a single owner while partnerships has two or more owners.
Nordstrom, an upscale department store, has a well-known reputation for going the extra mile to serve its customers. This reputation for excellent customer service will most likely result in a sustainable competitive advantage.
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When a firm offers its customers with any products that has higher quality and benefits or lower price that its competitors then it refer to the competitive advantage. It is the advantage that the firm attains when compared with their competitors.
There are many different kinds of competitive advantage that can be used by a firm such as cost, product differentiation, niche strategies, etc. It is the thing that is absent in the competitors. In the given example, Nordstrom has well known reputation for the service that it gives for its customers and hence it is the likely result of sustainable competitive advantage.
Answer:
a. Acct. receivable % uncollectible Est. uncollectible
1-30 days old $63,000 3% $1,890
31-90 days old $12,000 14% $1,680
> 90 days old $5,000 37% <u>$1,850</u>
Total <u>$5,420</u>
b. Date General journal Debit Credit
Dec 31 Bad debts expenses $5,150
Allowance for doubtful accounts $5,150
($5,420 - $270)
Answer:
Interest revenue = $7800*8%/360*60
Interest revenue = $104
Date Journal Entry Debit Credit
Cash $7,904
Notes Receivable $7,800
Interest Revenue $104
Answer:
Factors to consider:
1. Specialisation role
2. Complexity of sales process
3.Tenure
4.Geographical coverage
5. Sales Representative leadership
6. Support network
7. Internal Bureaucracy
8. Value add of managers
Factors not to consider;
1. Market share
2. Production process
3. Distribution process
4. Personal affiliation, race or religion
Explanation:
When considering a company's span of control, which simply means the number of junior staff a manager should manage, it is important to note factors relating to geographical coverage, a wide coverage can create difficulties in supervision to a manager. Consequently reducing the span of control.
Specialisation also help in ensuring the manager is an expert in the area he or she supervise. Experienced manager with good understanding of the tasks, good knowledge of the workers and good relationships with the workers, will be able to supervise more workers
The complexity of a sale process can affect a manager's supervision performance. if the sale process for example require an online payment to a final user who may not be physically available. Supervising such sales requires adequate training.
Other factors like; Tenure, Sales Representative leadership, Support network, Internal Bureaucracy, Value add of managers are paramount in determining span of control. However, market share, production process, distribution process and personal affiliation, race and religion should not affect the span of control.
