Which of the following is a disadvantage of using a percentage-of-sales method to determine the marketing communications budget? A) It assumes competitors know better than the company's own planners. B) It results in high communication expenditures irrespective of what the company can afford. C) It is overly focused on the relationship among communication cost, selling price, and profit per unit. D) It treats sales as what determines communication, rather than as the result of effective communication. E) It is too focused on long-range planning.

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Which are the best examples of costs that should be considered when creating a project budget?

The following are the current month's balances for abc financial services, inc. before preparing the trial balance. accounts payable $ 10,000 revenue 6,000 cash 3,000 expenses 17,500 furniture 10,000 accounts receivable 14,000 common stock ? notes payable 6,500 what amount should be shown for common stock on the trial balance? a. $48.000b. $12.500c. $27.000d. $28.000