A World Trade Organization publication calls comparative advantage "arguably the single most powerful insight in economics." Source: World Trade Organization, "Understanding the WTO," www. wto. org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e /fact3_e. htm. The ability of an individual, a firm, or a country to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than competitors is known as ▼ . Referring to your answer above, what makes it such a powerful insight? A. It explains why if countries specialize and trade they will be better off. B. It explains why if individuals, firms, and countries specialize and trade they will be better off. C. It explains why larger firms and countries economically dominate smaller firms and countries. D. It is the basis for establishing an economic advantage over competing firms and countries.

Trecek corporation incurs research and development costs of $625,000 in 2017, 30 percent of which relate to development activities subsequent to ias 38 criteria having been met that indicate an intangible asset has been created. the newly developed product is brought to market in january 2018 and is expected to generate sales revenue for 10 years. assume that a u.s.–based company is issuing securities to foreign investors who require financial statements prepared in accordance with ifrs. thus, adjustments to convert from u.s. gaap to ifrs must be made. ignore income taxes. required: (a) prepare journal entries for research and development costs for the years ending december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, under (1) u.s. gaap and (2) ifrs. (c) prepare the entry(ies) that trecek would make on the december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert u.s. gaap balances to ifrs.

Which stage of group development involves members introducing themselves to each other?

Your dormitory, griffingate, has appointed you central banker of its economy, which deals in the currency of wizcoins. assume that the velocity of wizcoins in griffingate is constant at 10,000 transactions per year. right now, real gdp is 1,000 wizcoins, and there are 2,000 wizcoins in existence.