Vanguard has been particularly effective in managing which of the following value chain cost drivers? Multiple Choice economies of scale, learning and experience, capacity utilization, communication systems, and information technology capacity utilization, outsourcing, bargaining power, and labor productivity bargaining power, outsourcing, labor productivity, and learning and experience production technology and design, outsourcing or vertical integration, learning and experience, and capacity utilization labor productivity and compensation costs, economies of scale, bargaining power, and input costs

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

Why is it easier for new entrants to get involved in radical innovations when compared to incumbent firms? a. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have to face the high entry barriers, initially. b. new entrants are embedded in an innovation ecosystem, while incumbent firms are not. c. unlike incumbent firms, new entrants do not have formal organizational structures and processes. d. incumbent firms do not have the advantages of network effects that new entrants have.

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