The president of a small manufacturing firm is concerned about the continual increase in manufacturing costs over the past several years. The following figures provide a time series of the cost per unit for the firm's leading product over the past eight years. Year Cost/Unit ($) Year Cost/Unit ($) 1 20.10 5 26.70 2 24.40 6 29.90 3 28.10 7 30.90 4 27.60 8 36.10 (a) Construct a time series plot. What type of pattern exists in the data

Garfield corporation is considering building a new plant in canada. it predicts sales at the new plant to be 50,000 units at $5.00/unit. below is a listing of estimated expenses. category total annual expenses % of annual expense that are fixed materials $50,000 10% labor $90,000 20% overhead $40,000 30% marketing/admin $20,000 50% a canadian firm was contracted to sell the product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. no u.s. home office expenses will be allocated to the new facility. the contribution margin ratio for garfield corporation is

Which of the following services will be provided by a full-service broker but not by a discount broker? i. research of potential investment opportunities ii. purchase and sale of stock at your request iii. recommendation of investments a. i and iii b. ii only c. iii only d. i, ii, and ii

In north korea, a farmer’s income is the same as a dentist’s income. in a country with a mixed or market economy, the difference between those two professions might be more than 5 times different. how can you explain the fact that individuals doing the same work in different countries do not earn comparable salaries?