Managers should make marketing decisions in the light of their own knowledge and experience instead of viewing research reports as the final answer to their problems because:

a. the number of factors included in a marketing research study are not exhaustive.
b. decisions based on marketing research reports are highly risky.
c. there is no possibility that marketing research will be affected by researcher bias.
d. marketing research is not a systematic process for obtaining information.

Answer:

a. the number of factors included in a marketing research study are not exhaustive.

Explanation:

Marketing research is highly effective as a tool for guiding marketing decisions, but it is necessary for the manager to rely on making decisions not only through research, but also due to his conceptual skills of seeing the organization in a systematic way, where there is a much greater breadth and more complex factors than just the information found through marketing research. The set of the manager's vision, experiences, analyzes and indicators is important for the most adequate assessment so that organizational marketing decisions are effective and achieve the company's objective.

Therefore, it is correct to state that the number of factors included in a marketing research study is not exhaustive.

You are given the following information concerning Parrothead Enterprises:

Debt: 13,000 6.4 percent coupon bonds outstanding, with 15 years to maturity and a quoted price of 107. These bonds pay interest semiannually.
Common stock: 345,000 shares of common stock selling for $76.50 per share. The stock has a beta of .90 and will pay a dividend of $3.80 next year. The dividend is expected to grow by 5 percent per year indefinitely.
Preferred stock: 10,000 shares of 4.4 percent preferred stock selling at $86 per share.
Market: 11 percent expected return, risk-free rate of 3.6 percent, and a 22 percent tax rate.

Required:
Calculate the company's WACC.

The following information was drawn from the Year 1 accounting records of Ozark Merchandisers: Inventory that had cost $15,000 was sold for $27,000 under terms 2/20, net/30. Customers returned merchandise to Ozark five days after the purchase. The merchandise had been sold for a price of $660. The merchandise had cost Ozark $400. All customers paid their accounts within the discount period. Selling and administrative expenses amounted to $2,835. Interest expense paid amounted to $200. Land that had cost $6,000 was sold for $6,900 cash.
Required
a. Determine the amount of net sales. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
b. Prepare a multistep income statement. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Amounts to be deducted and losses should be indicated with a minus sign.)
c. Where would the interest expense be shown on the statement of cash flows?
Operating activities
Investing activities
Financing activities
d. How would the sale of the land be shown on the statement of cash flows?
A. The full sales price of the land, $9,250, would be shown as a cash inflow from financing activities on the statement of cash flows.
B. The full sales price of the land, $9,250, would be shown as a cash inflow from investing activities on the statement of cash flows.
C. The full sales price of the land, $9,250, would be shown as a cash inflow from operating activities on the statement of cash flows

Zoe Corporation has the following information for the month of March: Purchases $92,000 Materials inventory, March 1 6,000 Materials inventory, March 31 8,000 Direct labor 25,000 Factory overhead 37,000 Work in process inventory, March 1 22,000 Work in process inventory, March 31 23,500 Finished goods inventory, March 1 21,000 Finished goods inventory, March 31 30,000 Sales 257,000 Selling and administrative expenses 79,000
Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. Zoe Corporation Statement of Cost of Goods Manufactured For the Month Ended March 31

The Titanic Shipbuilding Company has a noncancelable contract to build a small cargo vessel. Construction involves a cash outlay of $273,000 at the end of each of the next two years. At the end of the third year the company will receive payment of $650,000. Assume the IRR of this option exceeds the cost of capital. The company can speed up construction by working an extra shift. In this case there will be a cash outlay of $595,000 at the end of the first year followed by a cash payment of $650,000 at the end of the second year. Use the IRR rule to show the (approximate) range of opportunity costs of capital at which the company should work the extra shift.

The company should work the extra shift if the cost of capital is between ___________ % and ___________ %

Svetlana won $1,000,000 in a contest, to be paid in twenty $50,000 payments at yearly intervals, the first payment paid at the time of the contest. (Of course, the present value of her winnings is less than $1,000,000.) Svetlana decided to keep X each year to spend and deposit the remaining $50;000 X into an account earning an annual effective interest rate of 5%. She chose the value X to be as large as possible so that, at the moment of the 20th deposit, the account would have grown to such a size that it would provide Svetlana and her heirs at least X per year in interest forever. Find X.

asper makes a $28,000, 90-day, 8.5% cash loan to Clayborn Co. The amount of interest that Jasper will collect on the loan is: (Use 360 days a year.)

Shannon’s Brewery is a newly opened micro-brewery of craft beers located about a mile from Samantha Springs in Keller, Texas. According to Shannon Carter, (owner, founder, and brew master) Samantha Springs "is an exceptional water source." "It’s surrounded by a very unique rock formation that has very, very hard compressed rocks that have been hollowed out with this very fine sand. The water travels for miles, and the end product is this filtered water that is just phenomenal." Shannon Carter crafts what the brew master calls "wholesome beers" made with the highest quality, non-GMO grains and malts available and brewed using techniques garnered from his Irish heritage. Shannon’s mission statement closely reflects this philosophy. According to Shannon Carter:

Our award-winning beer is brewed with the best stuff on earth: pure spring water, whole grain, whole flower hops and a whole lotta love! For us, "brewed with the best stuff on earth," is much more than a saying. it’s a guiding principle. Paramount to this commitment is our multi-step fire-brewed process.

Required:
What makes Shannon’s beer great?

The following selected transactions were completed by Capers Company during October of the current year:


Oct. 1 Purchased merchandise from Hoagie Co., $9,950, terms FOB shipping point, 2/10, n/eom.
2 Prepaid freight of $220 was added to the invoice.
4 Purchased merchandise from Taco Co., $13,650, terms FOB destination, 2/10, n/30.
6 Issued debit memo to Taco Co. for $4,550 of merchandise returned from purchase on October 4.
13 Paid Hoagie Co. for invoice of October 3.
14 Paid Taco Co. for invoice of October 4 less debit memo of October 6.
19 Purchased merchandise from Veggie Co., $27,300, terms FOB shipping point, n/eom.
19 Paid freight of $400 on October 19 purchase from Veggie Co.
20 Purchased merchandise from Caesar Salad Co., $22,000, terms FOB destination, 1/10, n/30.
30 Paid Caesar Salad Co. for invoice of October 20.
31 Paid UK Imports Co. for invoice of October 1.
31 Paid Veggie Co. for invoice of October 19.

Required:
Journalize the entries to record the transactions of Capers Company for October.

Major improvements in computer information technology in the 1990s fueled an increase in investment demand in the United States (a large open economy). Graphically illustrate the effect of an increase of U.S. investment using the Large Open Economy Model. Clearly label the axes and curves in each of your graphs in the model. Clearly indicate the direction of any shifts in the curves.

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I know that's not what this website is for, but I need to know and this is the only website I can go to for help.

On January 20, 2017, Tamira Nelson, the accountant for Picton Enterprises, is feeling pressure to complete the annual financial statements. The company president has said he needs up-to-date financial statements to share with the bank on January 21 at a dinner meeting that has been called to discuss Picton's obtaining loan financing for a special building project. Tamira knows that she will not be able to gather all the needed information in the next 24 hours to prepare the entire set of adjusting entries. Those entries must be posted before the financial statements accurately portray the company's performance and financial position for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2016. Tamira ultimately decides to estimate several expense accruals at the last minute. When deciding on estimates for the expenses, she uses low estimates because she does not want to make the financial statements look worse than they are. Tamira finishes the financial statements before the deadline and gives them to the president without mentioning that several account balances are estimates that she provided.
Required:
1. Identify several courses of action that Tamira could have taken instead of the one she took.
2. If you were in Tamira's situation, what would you have done?

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g you are eligible for a 30 year fixed rate home mortgage with 3.6% interest rate what is the maximum loan you can get

Match each trade organization or agreement with its description.

a. Oversees trade agreements among over 150 member nations and arbitrates trade disagreements among member countries.
b. Created a free-trade zone consisting of the United States, Canada, and Mexico with the purpose of eliminating trade barriers between these countries.
c. An agreement between over 25 nations, which abolished tariffs among member countries and standardized policies on agriculture, transportation, and business practices.

1. World Trade Organization
2. North American Free Trade Agreement
3. The European Union

Deal Leasing leased equipment to Hand Company on January 1, 2021. The leased equipment's book value is $420,000 with no estimated residual value at the end of its useful life. The remaining useful life of the leased equipment is 15 years. The lease payments were calculated to provide the lessor a 10% return. Ten annual lease payments of $60,000 are due at the beginning of each year beginning January 1, 2021. Both companies use the straight-line method in depreciation/amortization their assets.

Wholemark is an Internet order business that sells one popular New Year greeting card once a year. The cost of the paper on which the card is printed is $0.40 per card, and the cost of printing is $0.10 per card. The company receives $3.75 per card sold. Since the cards have the current year printed on them, unsold cards have no salvage value. Their customers are from the four areas: Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, and Pasadena. Based on past data, the number of customers from each of the four regions is normally distributed with mean 2,300 and standard deviation 200. (Assume these four are independent.)
What is the optimal production quantity for the card?

The following trial balance of Blues Traveler Corporation does not balance.

Blues Traveler Corporation Trial Balance April 30, 2020

Debit Credit
Cash $5,912
Accounts Receivable 5,240
Supplies 2,967
Equipment 6,100
Accounts Payable $7,044
Common Stock 8,000
Retained Earnings 2,000
Service Revenue 5,200
Office Expense 4,320 00000
$24,539 $22,244

An examination of the ledger shows these errors.

1. Cash received from a customer on account was recorded (both debit and credit) as $1,380 instead of $1,830.
2. The purchase on account of a computer costing $3,200 was recorded as a debit to Office Expense and a credit to Accounts Payable.
3. Services were performed on account for a client, $2,250, for which Accounts Receivable was debited $2,250 and Service Revenue was credited $225.
4. A payment of $95 for telephone charges was entered as a debit to Office Expense and a debit to Cash.
5. The Service Revenue account was totaled at $5,200 instead of $5,280.

Required:
From this information prepare a corrected trial balance.

Cullumber Company has the following balances in selected accounts on December 31, 2020.

Accounts Receivable $0
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 0
Equipment 8,000
Interest Payable 0
Notes Payable 10,000
Prepaid Insurance 3,960
Salaries and Wages Payable 0
Supplies 2,200
Unearned Service Revenue 28,000

All the accounts have normal balances. The information below has been gathered at December 31, 2020.

1. Cullumber Company borrowed $11,400 by signing a 9%, one-year note on September 1, 2020.
2. A count of supplies on December 31, 2020, indicates that supplies of $820 are on hand.
3. Depreciation on the equipment for 2020 is $1,200.
4. Cullumber Company paid $3,960 for 12 months of insurance coverage on June 1, 2020.
5. On December 1, 2020, Cullumber collected $28,000 for consulting services to be performed from December 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021. The company had performed 1/4 of the services by December 31.
6. Cullumber performed consulting services for a client in December 2020. The client will be billed $4,200.
7. Cullumber Company pays its employees total salaries of $5,400 every Monday for the preceding 5-day week (Monday through Friday). On Monday, December 29, employees were paid for the week ending December 26. All employees worked the last 3 days of 2020.

Required:
Prepare adjusting entries for the seven items described above.

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of owning versus outsourcing for each of these components (staff, computer servers, software licensing, and data storage)?

The two principle methods of measuring Gross Domestic Product are the A. expenditures approach and the income approach. B. flow approach and the stock approach. C. intermediate approach and the valueadded approach. D. domestic approach and the international approach.

Klean Fiber Company is the creator of Y-Go, a technology that weaves silver into its fabrics to kill bacteria and odor on clothing while managing heat. Y-Go has become very popular in undergarments for sports activities. Operating at capacity, the company can produce 1,031,000 Y-Go undergarments a year. The per unit and the total costs for an individual garment when the company operates at full capacity are as follows.

Per Undergarment Total
Direct materials $2.04 $2,103,240
Direct labor 0.40 412,400
Variable manufacturing overhead 1.04 1,072,240
Fixed manufacturing overhead 1.44 1,484,640
Variable selling expenses 0.34 350,540
Totals $5.26 $5,423,060


The U.S. Army has approached Klean Fiber and expressed an interest in purchasing 250,500 Y-Go undergarments for soldiers in extremely warm climates. The Army would pay the unit cost for direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead costs. In addition, the Army has agreed to pay an additional $1.02 per undergarment to cover all other costs and provide a profit. Presently, Klean Fiber is operating at 70% capacity and does not have any other potential buyers for Y-Go. If Klean Fiber accepts the Army's offer, it will not incur any variable selling expenses related to this order.

Required:
Prepare an incremental analysis for the Klean Fiber.

This activity is important because as world trade has grown, more companies have entered the global market. Once a firm decides to enter the global market, it must choose which means of market entry is the most appropriate. The global market entry strategies vary greatly on the dimensions of financial commitment, risk, marketing control, and profit potential.
The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the different types of global market entry strategies: exporting, licensing, joint venture, and direct investment. Roll over each company name to read the description of the firm's strategy, then drop it onto the correct global market entry strategy within the graphic.
1. Yoplait
2. Moodmatcher lipstick
3. McDonald's
4. Ericsson and CGCT
5. Boeing
6. Nissan
A. Indirect Exporting
B. Direct Exporting
C. Licensing
D. Franchising
E. Joint Venture
F. Direct Investment

Colter Company prepares monthly cash budgets. Relevant data from operating budgets for 2020 are as follows.

January February
Sales $428,400 $476,000
Direct materials purchases 142,800 148,750
Direct labor 107,100 119,000
Manufacturing overhead 83,300 89,250
Selling and administrative expenses 94,010 101,150

All sales are on account. Collections are expected to be 50% in the month of sale, 30% in the first month following the sale, and 20% in the second month following the sale. Sixty percent (60%) of direct materials purchases are paid in cash in the month of purchase, and the balance due is paid in the month following the purchase. All other items above are paid in the month incurred except for selling and administrative expenses that include $1,190 of depreciation per month.

Other data:
1. Credit sales: November 2019, $297,500; December 2019, $380,800.
2. Purchases of direct materials: December 2019, $119,000.
3. Other receipts: January—Collection of December 31, 2019, notes receivable $17,850; February—Proceeds from sale of securities $7,140.
4. Other disbursements: February—Payment of $7,140 cash dividend.

The company’s cash balance on January 1, 2020, is expected to be $71,400. The company wants to maintain a minimum cash balance of $59,500.

Required:
Prepare schedules for (1) expected collections from customers and (2) expected payments for direct materials purchases for January and February.

What are the 2 main sources of data

Pitbull Construction Corporation applies IFRS, has equipment that it can reliably measure fair value of, and has chosen to apply the revaluation model to valuing this equipment on its accounting records. The carrying value of this equipment on Pitbull's books at the end of last year, December 31, 20X1, was $200,000. At the end of this year, December 31, 20X2, due to decreased demand for the equipment, especially when resold as used, the fair value is $150,000. For the year 20X2, in relation to this equipment for which Pitbull has chosen to apply the revaluation method, Pitbull must:_________

Below are cash transactions for a company, which provides consulting services related to mining of precious metals.

a. Cash used for purchase of office supplies, $1,600.
b. Cash provided from consulting to customers, $42,600.
c. Cash used for purchase of mining equipment, $67,000.
d. Cash provided from long-term borrowing, $54,000.
e. Cash used for payment of employee salaries, $23,400.
f. Cash used for payment of office rent, $11,400.
g. Cash provided from sale of equipment purchased in c. above, $21,900.
h. Cash used to repay a portion of the long-term borrowing in d. above, $37,000.
i. Cash used to pay office utilities, $3,700.
j. Purchase of company vehicle, paying $9,400 cash.

Required:
Calculate cash flows from operating activities.

On January 1, 20X8, L Corporation acquired all of the common stock of S Company for $300,000. On that date, S Company's identifiable net assets had a fair value of $250,000. The assets acquired in the purchase of S are considered to be a separate reporting unit of L Corporation. The carrying value of S Company's net assets at December 31, 20X8, is $310,000. The fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be 260,000. Determine the amount, if any, of impairment loss to be recognized at December 31, 20X8.

a. 40,000
b. 50,000
c. 10,000
d. 60,000

leased the asset on a 2-year lease, the payment would be $110 at the begin- ning of each year. If RC borrowed and bought, the bank would charge 10% interest on the loan. In either case, the equipment is worth nothing after 2 years and will be discarded. Should RC lease or buy the equipment?

Consider a multifactor model with two factors. A well-diversified portfolio (Portfolio P) has a beta of 0.75 on factor 1 and a beta of 1.25 on factor 2. The risk premiums on the factor 1 and factor 2 are 1% and 7%, respectively. The risk-free rate of return is 7%. What is the expected return on portfolio P, according to a two-factor model

On January 1, 2018, the chief operating officer of New Belgium, Jeff Stambaugh, signed a noncancellable lease for street equipment. The lease was for 10 years. The present value of payments expected to be made during the lease is $75,152. The township’s incremental borrowing rate is 7 percent. The $10,000 annual lease payment is due on the first day of each year beginning in 2018.

Required:
Prepare all journal entries necessary to record the lease transaction for 2018 and the payment made in 2019.