refers to paid personal communication that attempts to inform customers and persuade them to buy products in an exchange situation.

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?

Acompany sells garden hoses and uses the perpetual inventory system to account for its merchandise. the beginning balance of the inventory and its transactions during september were as follows:

Cvp analysis, shoe stores. the highstep shoe company operates a chain of shoe stores that sell 10 different styles of inexpensive men's shoes with identical unit costs and selling prices. a unit is defined as a pair of shoes. each store has a store manager who is paid a fixed salary. individual salespeople receive a fixed salary and a sales commission. highstep is considering opening another store that is expected to have the revenue and cost relationships shown here.