Q1. Why is Amazon’s cash cycle so much shorter than that of competitor Barnes & Noble? How does this comparison affect financial management decisions of other retailers? The market value of Amazon is much higher than Barnes & Noble. They are also in better marketing position then Barnes and Noble. Barnes & Noble has been on the rocks for a long time and failed to make headway in international markets with their Nook ereaders. The best answer I can give is because Amazon is a much larger company
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of this problem is to found the price charged by Peter. Firstly‚ the below table illustrate all P‚ TR‚ TC‚ MR and MC when there is different Number of member served (Q). No. of member served (Q) Price per member(P) Total revenue (TR) Total cost (TC) Profit Marginal revenue (MR) Marginal cost (MC) 1 400 400 190 210 400 190 2 380 760 380 380 360 190 3 360 1080 570 510 320 190 4 340 1360 760 600 280 190 5 320 1600 950 650 240 190 6 300 1800
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Dr. Harold Wolf of Medical Research Corporation (MRC) discovered a unique electronic stimulator that is said to have the capability of reducing the pain from arthritis. Even though the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) still has to approve the device‚ and the testing is in the early stages‚ the interest generated is powerful. Dr. Wolf has received three offers from interested parties and needs to decide which offer would make the most business sense. Offer One includes additional monetary incentives
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GLOBAL WATER CRISIS-Water – the essential ingredient for life on this planet ‚ is becoming an increasingly scarce resource. According to the World Bank and World Health Organization‚ 2 billion people lack access to clean water and 1 billion people do not have enough to even meet their daily needs. Every day an increasing amount of pollution seeps into rivers and lakes making them toxic to humans‚ and underground aquifers – our most significant sources of water – are being depleted at an alarming
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Learning Team E 1/30/2012 University of Phoenix ACC 547: James Enney 22-50 Jack and Jill are owners of UpAHill‚ and S-corporation. They own 25 and 75 percent‚ respectively. a. What amount of ordinary income and separately stated items are allocated to them for years 1 and 2 based on the information above? Description | UpaHill | Jack 25% | Jill 75% | Year 1 Income | $ 45‚000.00 | | | Less: | | | | Dividends | $ 500.00 | | | Interest Income | $
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Child Labor Child Labor is a fairly big problem in the U.S. as well as many other countries. Children all over are being forced to work in factories or other harmful environments and so to put an end to it‚ our government created a law determining the age required for children to be able to start working in order to protect them. Except there is one problem with the new law. Children are now not capable of applying for a job‚ no matter how much they aspire to get one. If children were allowed to
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CHAPTER 12 FINANCIAL CONTROL TRUE/FALSE 1. Financial control involves the use of financial measures to assess organizational and management performance. a. True b. False 2. Financial measures identify what is wrong with an organization‚ not simply provide a signal that something needs attention. a. True b. False 3. Financial measures can highlight falling sales and profits in an organization‚ but only nonfinancial measures can identify why this is occurring.
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ECO 550 WEEK 6 CHAPTER 11 AND CHAPTER 12 PROBLEMS download here Chapter 11 2. Ajax Cleaning Products is a medium-sized firm operating in an industry dominated by one large firm Tile King. Ajax produces a multi-headed tunnel wall scrubber that is similar to a model produced by Tile King. Ajax decides to charge the same price as Tile King to avoid the possibility of a price war. The price charged by Tile King is $20‚000. Ajax has the following short-run cost curve: ‚000 - 5‚000Q + 100Q2. A. Computer
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Chapter 3 Problems 1. Dental Delights has two divisions. Division A has a profit of $200‚000 on sales of $4‚000‚000. Division B is only able to make $30‚000 on sales of $480‚000. Based on the profit margins (returns on sales)‚ which division is superior? 3-1. Solution: Dental Delights Division A Division B [pic] Division B is superior 3. Bass Chemical‚ Inc.‚ is considering expanding into a new product line. Assets to support this expansion
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available and fast‚ friendly service. This first store is being used to test the layout and operating procedures for a large chain of superstores that Sue expects to build. The first store has been open for six months‚ and Sue is still having a problem staffing the checkout counters during peak times‚ which occur from 2 PM to 10 PM. She has received many customer complaints about the long lines in front of the checkout counters. She has 20 checkouts that she can use‚ but has not been able to develop
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