Determining whether a company's prices and costs are competitive requires looking at the costs of a company's internally performed activities and the costs of its suppliers and forward channel allies (distributors/dealers). requires performing pricing surveys on at least a quarterly basis. involves developing close relationships with buyers to determine if the market is showing signs of increasing price sensitivity. typically involves the use of activity-based cost accounting by the company's key retail customers. is a technique to evaluate whether a capability or resource is valuable, rare, inimitable, or nonsubstitutable.

The following accounts are denominated in pesos as of december 31, 2015. for reporting purposes, these amounts need to be stated in u.s. dollars. for each balance, indicate the exchange rate that would be used if a translation is made under the current rate method. then, again for each account, provide the exchange rate that would be necessary if a remeasurement is being made using the temporal method. the company was started in 2000. the buildings were acquired in 2002 and the patents in 2003. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) exchange rates for 1 peso are as follows: 2000 1 peso = $ 0.28 2002 1 = 0.26 2003 1 = 0.25 january 1, 2015 1 = 0.24 april 1, 2015 1 = 0.23 july 1, 2015 1 = 0.22 october 1, 2015 1 = 0.20 december 31, 2015 1 = 0.16 average for 2015 1 = 0.19

How much are you willing to pay for a zero that matures in 10 years, has a face value of $1,000 and your required rate of return is 7%? round to the nearest cent. do not include a dollar sign in your answer. (i.e. if your answer is $432.51, then type 432.51 without $ sign)

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided