McKinley, a large consulting firm in the UK, has a consulting staff consisting of 400 consultants at the rank of "associate." On average, a consultant remains at the associate level for 2 years. After this time, 30% of the consultants are promoted to the rank of "engagement manager"; the other 70% have to leave the company. In order to maintain the consulting staff at an average level of 400 associates, how many new consultants does McKinley have to hire each year at the associate level? (Hint: Apply Little's Law - identify Avg. Inventory, Flow Time - avg. time spend in system by an individual unit. Question asks for how many/yr?)

Match each item to check for while reconciling a bank account with the document to which it relates.(there's not just one answer)1. balancing account statement2. balancing check registera. nsf feesb. deposits in transitc. interest earnedd. bank errors

True tomato inc. makes organic ketchup. to promote its products, this firm decided to make bottles in the shape of tomatoes. to accomplish this, true tomato worked with its bottle manufacture to create a set of unique molds for its bottles. which of the following specialized assets does this example demonstrate? (a) site specificity (b) research specificity (c) physical-asset specificity (d) human-asset specificity

Magic realm, inc., has developed a new fantasy board game. the company sold 15,000 games last year at a selling price of $20 per game. fixed expenses associated with the game total $182,000 per year, and variable expenses are $6 per game. production of the game is entrusted to a printing contractor. variable expenses consist mostly of payments to this contractor.required: 1-a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the game last year.1-b. compute the degree of operating leverage.2. management is confident that the company can sell 58,880 games next year (an increase of 12,880 games, or 28%, over last year). given this assumption: a. what is the expected percentage increase in net operating income for next year? b. what is the expected amount of net operating income for next year? (do not prepare an income statement; use the degree of operating leverage to compute your answer.)