A new opportunity arises for Quixote Metal Supply just before the holidays. A Request for Proposals (RFP) is distributed by the government seeking metal suppliers to fill a vacancy in the supply chain to build x-ray machines for airports across the country. The RFP due date is in two weeks. Half of the decision-making team is out for the holidays. Quixote has less than a week to determine whether or not to take on this potentially lucrative challenge.
Which strategy would be most effective in this situation?
a minority decision

Kahn company's static budget was based on sales volume of 12,000 units. its flexible budget was based on sales volume of 14,000 units. based on this information multiple choice the sales volume variance is expected to be unfavorable. the materials cost volume variance is expected to be favorable. the labor cost volume variance is expected to be unfavorable. none of the answers is correct.

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.

Retirement investment advisors, inc., has just offered you an annual interest rate of 4.4 percent until you retire in 40 years. you believe that interest rates will increase over the next year and you would be offered 5 percent per year one year from today. if you plan to deposit $13,000 into the account either this year or next year, how much more will you have when you retire if you wait one year to make your deposit?