Jennifer Collins Ent 1000 3-20-2013 Industry Paper Food Truck vs. Organic Trucks The street food trend has been a growing industry nationwide. According to American City Business Journal of Orlando‚ Fl.‚ “more than 3‚000 street vendors made $1.3 billion in revenue in 2010‚ a 12.7% jump from the revenue from the prior year. The average startup cost of a food truck is only about $5‚000-50‚000 and the yearly profit potential can be anywhere from $100-250‚000 per year.” The list of costs for startup
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Michael porter developed 3 generic strategies: cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus. They are developed to create a defendable position in the long-run‚ outperforming competition and establish a competitive advantage. However does the generic strategy lead to sustainable competitive strategy? This analysis will explain in detail. Cost leadership means setting out to become the low-cost producer of its industry. Each industry is different and provides with diverse problems. Cost leadership can
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Problem set 3 (Answer) 7.6. A farmer uses three inputs to produce vegetables: land‚ capital‚ and labor. The production function for the farm exhibits diminishing marginal rate of technical substitution. a) In the short run the amount of land is fixed. Suppose the prices of capital and labor both increase by 5 percent. What happens to the cost-minimizing quantities of labor and capital for a given output level? Remember that there are three inputs‚ one of which is fixed. b) Suppose only the cost
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Econ 122B Problem Set 3 Name(Print)______________________ Due in class on March 3 UCI ID____________________________ 1. In class‚ we have talked about the following simple wage equation wage female u ‚ where female is a dummy that is equal to 1 if female‚ and 0 otherwise. Given the OLS estimates ˆ and ˆ for the above model‚ what are the OLS estimates for a model with a
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Problem Set 3 1. Louise McIntyre’s monthly gross income is $2‚000. Her employer withholds $400 in federal‚ state‚ and local income taxes and $160 in Social Security taxes per month. Louise contributes $80 per month for her IRA. Her monthly credit payments for VISA‚ MasterCard‚ and Discover card are $35‚ $30‚ and $20‚ respectively. Her monthly payment on an automobile loan is $285. What is Louise’s debt payments-to-income ratio? Is Louise living within her means? Louise’s Gross Income | =
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Problem Set 3 Problem Set 3 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 6. 1. Data for the market for graham crackers is shown below. Calculate the elasticity of demand between the following prices. Price of crackers Quantity Demanded (per month) $3 80 $2.5 120 $2 160 $1.5 200 $1 240 $1.00 - $1.50: Elasticity of demand equals .45; favoring inelasticity $1.50 - $2.00: Elasticity of demand equals .78; favoring inelasticity $2.00 - $2.50: Elasticity of demand equals 1.29; favoring
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Comprehensive Problem 67 (Ch. 5) Ken is 63 years old and unmarried. He retired at age 55 when he sold his business‚ Understock.com. Though Ken is retired‚ he is still very active. Ken reported the following financial information this year. Assume Ken’s modified adjusted gross income for purposes of the bond interest exclusion and for determining the taxability of his Social Security benefits is $70‚000 and that Ken files as a single taxpayer. Determine Ken’s 2009 gross income. a. Ken won $1
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products for the treatment of chronic medical conditions. Its major production facility was located in Steinbach‚ Manitoba‚ Canada. Biovail receive bad impact when one of the trucks carrying a shipment of Wellbutrin XL was involved in a traffic accident near Chicago. After the truck accident‚ the company have the problem with their recognition of the profit whether they should realize or not the revenue for the third quarter. The issue for the company is the concepts of revenue recognition that
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that you purchase to use for this purpose will be able to accommodate your needs effectively for what you need it to do. Using truck tires designed for the mud is a great investment to make. If you choose these kinds of tires‚ you can be sure that your automobile will do fine on any kind of terrain. And of all the tires out there that are designed to run in the mud‚ truck tires by Mud King are particularly well suited to provide you with an comfortable drive whenever you have to travel to get your
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assuming they are classified as available-for-sale. (e) Prepare the journal entry(ies) related to the available-for-sale bonds for 2013. (f) Prepare the journal entry(ies) related to the available-for-sale bonds for 2015. P17-3. (Available-for-Sale Investments) 2 3 Cardinal Paz Corp. carries an account in its general ledger called Investments‚ which contained debits for investment purchases‚ and no credits‚ with the following descriptions. Feb. 1‚ 2014 Sharapova Company common stock‚ $100
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