1. Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. A company has gathered the following financial information for itself and a competing firm. The company wishes to compare productivity for the two firms: Firm A Firm B
Labor $30,000 $16,000
Plant and equipment 200,000 150,000
Energy 17,500 20,500
Materials 200,000 180,000
Sales 1,200,000 900,000
a. Compute partial and total factor productivity measures for Firms A and B.
b. What is the picture you get of the two firms?
c. What would you suggest to the management of Firm B?
2. For the firms in Problem 1, you have been asked to make a report to the management of Firm A. What are some of the caveats relating to accounting practices that you would include in the report? Which numbers should be interpreted cautiously?
3. For the data in Problem 1, suppose Firm B is a foreign firm. What additional caveats would you place on interpretation of the data?

Exercise 8-6 goods in transit [lo8-2] the kwok company's inventory balance on december 31, 2016, was $190,000 (based on a 12/31/16 physical count) before considering the following transactions: 1. goods shipped to kwok f.o.b. destination on december 20, 2016, were received on january 4, 2017. the invoice cost was $35,000. 2. goods shipped to kwok f.o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received on january 5, 2017. the invoice cost was $22,000. 3. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. destination on december 27, 2016, were received by the customer on january 3, 2017. the sales price was $45,000 and the merchandise cost $27,000. 4. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. destination on december 26, 2016, were received by the customer on december 30, 2016. the sales price was $25,000 and the merchandise cost $18,000. 5. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received by the customer on january 4, 2017. the sales price was $30,000 and the merchandise cost $17,000. required: determine the correct inventory amount to be reported in kwok's 2016 balance sheet.

Discuss how the resource-based view (rbv) of the firm combines the two perspectives of (1) an internal analysis of a firm and (2) an external analysis of its industry and its competitive environment. include comments on the different types of firm resources and how these resources can be used by a firm to build sustainable competitive advantages.

On analyzing her company’s goods transport route, simone found that they could reduce transport costs by a quarter if they merged different transport routes. what role (job) does simone play at her company? simone is at her company.