Skysong, Inc. incurred the following costs while manufacturing its product. Materials used in product $124,000 Advertising expense $48,600
Depreciation on plant 67,300 Property taxes on plant 18,700
Property taxes on store 7,960 Delivery expense 30,900
Labor costs of assembly-
line workers 119,500 Sales commissions 37,900
Factory supplies used 26,500 Salaries paid to sales
clerks 60,600
Work in process inventory was $13,000 at January 1 and $17,100 at December 31. Finished goods inventory was $69,400 at January 1 and $48,200 at December 31.
1. Compute cost of goods manufactured.
2. Compute cost of goods sold.

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.

Many years ago, sprint telecommunications aired an advertisement intended to demonstrate the clarity of reception sprint customers could expect. the ad showed a rancher, who had used a different company, complaining that he had ordered 100 oxen from his supplier and instead received 100 dachshunds. the mix-up was probably due to the presence of in the communication process.