Cool Cars Location (Scenario) An automobile producer from Southern Italy, Cool Cars, has developed plans to expand internationally through greenfield FDI in an international market. Cool Cars has enjoyed success marketing stylish but economical autos in Portugal, Spain and Italy. Management is confident they can duplicate this success in other auto markets. At present they are deciding between Russia and Canada as locations for their investment. From the following list which one would favor building in Russia? Select one: a. The Russian government is more transparent and has a lower level of corruption than Canada b. Cool Cars would be able to take advantage of NAFTA c. Intellectual property lawsuits are common in Russia. d. Land and construction costs are comparatively less expensive in Russia than in Canada

Costs of production that do not change when output changes.question 17 options: total revenuefixed incometotal costfixed cost

Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600

Which of the following is not a factor to consider when deciding whether to accept a special order? whether this order will hurt the brand name of the company whether other potential orders would be more profitable whether additional fixed costs would need to be incurred whether the offered price is sufficient to cover prime costs and fixed overhead allocated all of the above