Vicki is an independent insurance agent who has seen little increase in her revenues over the last two years. Her main marketing efforts have been mass mailings on a regular basis, but these have seen little response. She takes a marketing class and learns about segmentation. She calls and talks with her current clients and identifies most are over the age of 40, own two cars and a home, and have at least two children. Vicki strategizes the types of marketing campaigns to effectively reach these current and potential customers like her current clients. Vicki used segmentation identification to meet which of its objectives?A.) increasing marketing effciency by directing efforts toward general market segments
B.) reduced company risk by deciding where when how and whom a product service or brand will be marketed
C.) identifying but not classifying people into comparable groups.

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

Which of the following statements is true? a. financial investment refers to the creation and expansion of business enterprisesb. economic investment refers to the creation and expansion of business enterprisesc. economic investment refers to the purchase of assets such as stocks, bonds, and real estated. both economic and financial investment refer to the purchase of assets such as stocks, bonds, and real estate

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.