Now suppose firm x undertakes a process innovation that reduces its marginal cost of production from $20 to $15. the fixed cost of undertaking this process innovation is f > 0. is this a tough commitment or a soft commitment? why? for what values of f would it makes sense for firm x to make this commitment?

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $

3. describe the purpose of the sec. (1-4 sentences. 2.0 points)

Acompany that adapts its product mix to meet the needs of a new market is using which of the following global marketing strategies market development diversification strategy product development undiversified