Kirkland Company combines its operating expenses for budget purposes in a selling and administrative expenses budget. For the first 6 months of 2020, the following data are available: 1) Sales: 20,000 units quarter 1; 22,000 units quarter 2. 2) Variable costs per dollar of sales: sales commissions 5%, delivery expense 2%, and advertising 3%. 3) Fixed costs per quarter: sales salaries $10,000, office salaries $6,000, depreciation $4,200, Insurance $1,500, utilities $800, and repairs expense $600. 4) Unit selling price: $20. Prepare a selling and administrative expense budget by quarters for the first 6 months of 2020. (List variable expenses before fixed expenses)

It is estimated that over 100,000 students will apply to the top 30 m.b.a. programs in the united states this year. a. using the concept of net present value and opportunity cost, when is it rational for an individual to pursue an m.b.a. degree. b. what would you expect to happen to the number of applicants if the starting salaries of managers with m.b.a. degrees remained constant but salaries of managers without such degrees decreased by 20 percent

Afirm is producing at minimum average total cost with its current plant. draw the firm's long-run average cost curve. label it. draw a point on the lrac curve at which the firm cannot lower its average total cost. draw the firm's short-run average total cost curve that is consistent with the point you have drawn. label it.g

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?