Acompany has a materials price standard of $2.00 per pound. six thousand pounds of materials were purchased at $2.20 a pound. the actual quantity of materials used was 6,000 pounds, although the standard quantity allowed for the output was 5,400 pounds. what is the company’s materials price variance? *

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position