Product and Service Costs Output represents one of the most important cost objects. There are two types of output: products and services. Products are goods produced by converting raw materials through the use of labor and indirect manufacturing resources‚ such as the manufacturing plant‚ land‚ and machinery. Televisions‚ hamburgers‚ automobiles‚ computers‚ clothes‚ and furniture are examples of products. Services are tasks or activities performed for a customer or an activity performed by a customer
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? Mr. Ricketts believes that his role as CEO is to maximize shareholder value by accepting any project whose expected return on investment is greater than the cost of capital. Therefore‚ the main factors that Ameritrade management should consider are the expected return on investment for the project‚ and how this compares to the project’s
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Consumers need to determine if they should make or reject a certain decision by using marginal costs or benefits. Marginal costs refer to the change in cost over the change in quantity while marginal benefits refer to the change in benefits over the change in quantity (“Marginal Costs & Benefits”‚ n.d.). When it comes to a decision in purchasing a home‚ the strength of the economy could affect the marginal costs and the marginal benefits. During the times of economic growth‚ the consumer who purchases
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and iii) only i)‚ ii)‚ and iii) 4. For a certain firm‚ the 100th unit of output that the firm produces has a marginal revenue of $10 and a marginal cost of $11. It follows that the a. production of the 100th unit of output increases the firm’s profit by $1. b. production of the 100th unit of output increases the firm’s average total cost by $1. c. firm’s profit-maximizing level of output is less than 100 units. d. production of the 110th unit of output must increase the firm’s profit by less
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cost vs revaluation How does the cost model differ from the revaluation model? In your opinion‚ which of the two models would company managers prefer adopting (i.e. the cost model or the revaluation model) in accounting for property‚ plant and equipment? Discuss. (2.5 marks) To explain how the cost model and revaluation model differ‚ we first have to examine closely what each of these models need. Under the rules of AAS B116 The cost model after an asset has been recognised as an asset
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Practice Questions and Answers from Lesson III-3: Monopoly Practice Questions and Answers from Lesson III-3: Monopoly The following questions practice these skills: Explain the sources of market power. Apply the quantity and price affects on revenue of any movement along a demand curve. Find the profit maximizing quantity and price of a single-price monopolist. Compute deadweight loss from a single-price monopolist. Compute marginal revenue. Define the efficiency of P = MC. Find the
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provider. Mobile network operators have offered value added services for attract new customer and keep the existing customers. Subscribers can use many services and contents. Different factors have affected in call cost and send/receive cost of SMS or MMS. The international call delivery cost in GSM network is very expensive because two international calls are occur. Suppose that a person A from country X roams to country Y. person B from country X calls the person A. In this scenario the person A is
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Current Economic Issues “Baumol’s cost disease is unpopular with politician from both ends of the political spectrum” Why? Is that? Is Baumol’s cost disease likely to remain relevant to the debate about public services? Introduction This essay examines Baumols’s cost disease giving reasons why it is unpopular with politicians from both ends of the political spectrum‚ and also presents further salient factors that makes Baumol’s cost disease relevant to debates about public services.
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How do banks allocate their costs from the back office to the front office? On what basis are the costs allocated? On what basis do you think would be the most equitable for banks? The various business organizations and banks are seeking tremendous challenges due globalization and its emerging competitive trends. Cost allocation in banks is also one of these competitive challenges in the USA market. Now banks are also revising its polices one after another for an effective marketing strategy
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Case Study of Cost of Capital at Ameritrade 1-a How can the CAPM be used to estimate the cost of capital for a real business investment decision? CAPM results can be compared to the best expected rate of return that investor can possibly earn in other investments with similar risks‚ which is the cost of capital. Under the CAPM‚ the market portfolio is a well-diversified‚ efficient portfolio representing the non-diversifiable risk in the economy. Therefore‚ investments have similar risk if they
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