The Ferre Publishing Company has three service departments and two operating departments. Selected data from a recent period on the five departments follow:

Service Departments Operating Departments
Administration Janitorial Maintenance Binding. Printing Total
Costs $140,000 $105,000 $48,000 $275,000 $430,000 $998,000
Number of-
employees 60 35 140 315 210 760
Square feet-
of space-
occupied 15,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 100,000 185,000
Hours of-
press time 30,000 60,000 90,000

The company allocates service department costs by the step-down method in the following order:
Administration (number of employees), Janitorial (space occupied), and Maintenance (hours of press time).
Required:
Using the step-down method, allocate the service department costs to the operating departments.

Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. she estimates that it would cost $300,000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. in addition, she would have to quit her $45,000 per year job as an accountant. a. define opportunity cost. b. what is your aunt's opportunity cost of running a hardware store for a year? if your aunt thought she could sell $350,000 worth of merchandise in a year, should she open the store? explain.

Arapid increase in the population of a city or town is most likely to lead to which of the following? a. higher-paying jobs. b. low housing prices. c. a seller's market. d. a drop in population density. 2b2t

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.