Bruce wanted to open a coffee shop. he knew his coffee was way better than anything starbucks could do because he ran taste tests with people in the neighborhood. he found that people in his area preferred their coffee with just a hint of cinnamon in it. when he opened his first store across the street from a starbucks store, he ran advertisements claiming "bruce's brew is the spice of life," and offered a coupon good for a free cinnamon grinder with purchase of bruce's best. bruce is using a positioning strategy.

•broussard skateboard’s sales are expected to increase by 15% from $8 million in 2016 to $9.2 million in 2017. its assets totaled $5 million at the end of 2016. broussard is already at full capacity, so its assets must grow at the same rate as projected sales. at the end of 2016, current liabilities were $1.4 million, consisting of $450,000 of accounts payable, $500,000 of notes payable, and $450,000 of accruals. the after-tax profit margin is forecasted to be 6%, and the forecasted payout ratio is 40%. use the afn equation to forecast broussard’s additional funds needed for the coming year

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Firms like papa john’s, domino’s, and pizza hut sell pizza and other products that are differentiated in nature. while numerous pizza chains exist in most locations, the differentiated nature of these firms’ products permits them to charge prices above marginal cost. given these observations, is the pizza industry most likely a monopoly, perfectly competitive, monopolistically competitive, or an oligopoly industry?