One has to ask oneself how you know that you've discovered something that distinguishes the successful companies from other companies? otherwise, you can fall into a trap that is the same as identifying "the management practice equivalent of having buildings" (collins & porras, 2002, p. 14).

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

The school cafeteria can make pizza for approximately $0.30 a slice. the cost of kitchen use and cafeteria staff runs about $200 per day. the pizza den nearby will deliver whole pizzas for $9.00 each. the cafeteria staff cuts the pizza into eight slices and serves them in the usual cafeteria line. with no cooking duties, the staff can be reduced by half, for a fixed cost of $75 per day. should the school cafeteria make or buy its pizzas?

An electronics store is running a promotion where for every video game purchased, the customer receives a coupon upon checkout to purchase a second game at a 50% discount. the coupons expire in one year. the store normally recognized a gross profit margin of 40% of the selling price on video games. how would the store account for a purchase using the discount coupon?