On october 10, the stockholders’ equity of sherman systems appears as follows: common stock–$10 par value, 72,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding $ 720,000 paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock 216,000 retained earnings 864,000 total stockholders’ equity $ 1,800,000 1. prepare journal entries to record the following transactions for sherman systems. a. purchased 5,000 shares of its own common stock at $25 per share on october 11. b. sold 1,000 treasury shares on november 1 for $31 cash per share. c. sold all remaining treasury shares on november 25 for $20 cash per share.

In general, as long as the number of firms that possess a particular valuable resource or capability is less than the number of firms needed to generate perfect competition dynamics in an industry, that resource or capability can be considered and a potential source of competitive advantage.answers: valuablerareinimitableun-substitutable

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

*will mark brainliest! * when a company spends resources (labor, money) to give customers "free" items, those costs are called a. investment costs b. economic costs c. scarcity costs d. opportunity costs answer asap!