Sprockets Unlimited, a United States corporation, is considering doing business in a foreign country that is known to have an unstable government and corrupt politicians; however, the market could be lucrative and greatly expand Sprockets Unlimited’s profits. What consideration should Sprockets Unlimited consider before doing so? Could the United States not allow Sprockets Unlimited to do business in this country?

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?

The research of robert siegler and eric jenkins on the development of the counting-on strategy is an example of design.

On january 1, 2018, gless textiles issued $12 million of 9%, 10-year convertible bonds at 101. the bonds pay interest on june 30 and december 31. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 shares of gless’s no par common stock. bonds that are similar in all respects, except that they are nonconvertible, currently are selling at 99 (that is, 99% of face amount). century services purchased 10% of the issue as an investment. on january 1, 2018, gless textiles issued $12 million of 9%, 10-year convertible bonds at 101. the bonds pay interest on june 30 and december 31. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 shares of gless’s no par common stock. bonds that are similar in all respects, except that they are nonconvertible, currently are selling at 99 (that is, 99% of face amount). century services purchased 10% of the issue as an investment. 3. on july 1, 2023, when gless’s common stock had a market price of $33 per share, century converted the bonds it held. prepare the journal entries by both gless and century for the conversion of the bonds (book value method).