Your friends know that you understand a lot about computers, both the technical details of how they operate as well as information about software. lately, with all of the concerns about copyright infringement, friends have started to ask you categories of application software and what each kind permits. you tell your friends that al of the following are true except: a.)customers using freeware can personalize the software to meet their needs. b.)anyone can copy or distribute public-domain software to others at no cost. c.)some shareware programs become useless if no payment is sent after the trial period ends. d.)a copyright gives creators of original work exclusive rights to duplicate, publish, and sell their materials.

After discussing the options, the strategic management team has agreed that the pod coffee idea works well with the company's mission statement and decides that the company should move forward in exploring the pod coffee idea. in order to make sure that the pod coffee idea is a good one, and to see if there are other potential future endeavors to pursue, you must analyze the market situation and formulate a strategy. your boss asks you to start working on the pod coffee idea. what is your first stepa. your first step is to formulate a strategy for how to market the pod coffee concept. b. your first step is to consult with your boss and find out what he thinks about the pod coffee idea. c. your first step is to do some research to find out what your competitors are doing. d. your first step is to analyze the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

The winston company estimates that the factory overhead for the following year will be $1,250,000. the company has decided that the basis for applying factory overhead should be machine hours, which is estimated to be 50,000 hours. the total machine hours for the year were 54,300. the actual factory overhead for the year were $1,375,000. determine the over- or underapplied amount for the year.

Identify an organization with the low-total-cost value proposition and suggest at least two possible measures within each of the four balanced scorecard perspectives.