Margaret owns a stuffed animal shop. at first, it is just her daughter allison and her hand‑sewing stuffed bears, stuffed sharks, and stuffed giraffes in the spare bedroom. over time, margaret decides to rent a larger shop and hire more workers to out, increasing to a staff of 20 people. everything is still hand sewn. she notices, however, that her stuffed animal output increased much more than tenfold despite her work force increasing by that amount. however, any more than 20 workers slows down production.

a. increased average cost.
b. alternative production technologies
c. economies of scale
d. increasing marginal productivity

Perez, inc., applies the equity method for its 25 percent investment in senior, inc. during 2018, perez sold goods with a 40 percent gross profit to senior, which sold all of these goods in 2018. how should perez report the effect of the intra-entity sale on its 2018 income statement?

When sending a claim to an insurance company for services provided by the physician, why are both icd-10 and cpt codes required to be submitted? how are these codes dependent upon each other? what would be the result of not submitting both codes on a medical claim to an insurance company?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.