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    Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Pricing Decisions

    1 ) Assume that NBD firm's bicycle has fixed costs of $101,250. Each unit generates variable costs of $80 and sells for $125.00. What is the break-even point? 2) The following are production and cost data for two products, X and Y. Product X Product Y Contribution margin per unit $450 $280 Machine set-ups n

    R&B Beverages, Inc.

    R&B Beverages, Inc. provides a complete line of beer, wine and soft drink products for distrbution through retail outlets in central Iowa. Unit price data for 2003 and 2006 and quantities sold in cases for 2003 follow. Compare a weighted aggregate index for the R&B Beverages sales in 2006, with 2003 as the base period.

    Evaluating the profitability of service

    Gore Range Carpet Cleaning is a family- owned business in Eagle- Vail, Colorado. For its services, the company has always charged a flat fee per hundred square feet of carpet cleaned. The current fee is $ 22.95 per hundred square feet. However, there is some question about whether the company is actually making any money on jobs

    Expected Market Decline: Loss and Profit

    Please help with the following problem. Assume that you manage an equity portfolio worth $20,000,000. The portfolio has a beta of 1.1. The current value of the S&P 500 stock index is 1200 and the value of an S&P 500 stock index futures contract is 250 times the index value. a. How many futures contracts would you buy or

    Assignment: Healthcare Commercial Organizations

    Use the business section of a major national newspaper, such as Wall Street Journal or New York Times, and research organizations related to healthcare. Write an article about the organizations. There are various types of commercial organizations: Think tank Patient's group Business association Small business firm (smal

    What is the net profitability in dollars?

    An insurance company collected $3.6 million in premiums and disbursed $1.96 million in losses. Loss adjustment expenses amounted to 6.6 percent and dividends paid to policyholders totaled 1.2 percent. The total income generated from their investments was $170,000 after all expenses were paid. What is the net profitability in dol

    Scavenger Hunt 2

    Scavenger hunt questions are below. Provide: â?¢The answer to the question. â?¢The source of the information. â?¢An assessment of the quality of the information you found. â?¢Was it accurate? â?¢Was it comprehensive? â?¢Was it from a credible source? Questions: â?¢ How big is the "deep" or "invisible w

    Index Models for IBM and GE returns

    See attached data file. 3. Regress excess IBM returns on the excess S&P 500 index returns and report ?, ?, the r-square and whether ? and ? are different from zero at the 5% level of significance. Explain your inference. 4. Use equation 8.10 to decompose total risk for IBM into systematic risk and firm-specific risk. That i

    Organization Outputs, Interaction and Performance

    BACKGROUND Outputs are not complicated to understand. At the Organization level, they are the products and services that are provided to customers. (It can also be the value provided to owners, but we are not going to consider this here.) The primary way that a company measures its performance is financially: Sales, Profit, R

    Calculate Profitability Ratios for Wal-Mart

    Calculate the following profitability ratios for Wal-Mart, based on their 2011 10-k: http://walmartstores.com/sites/annualreport/2011/financials.aspx 1. Return on Investment 2. Return on Assets 3. Return on Equity

    What is the project's profitability index?

    A project requires an initial investment of $40 million. It generates cash flows of $22 million in one year and $29 million in two years. The project's required return is 8%. What is the project's profitability index?

    30 Finance multiple choice questions

    1. The goal of the firm should be a. maximization of profits b. maximization of shareholder wealth c. maximization of consumer satisfaction d. maximization of sales 2. An example of a primary market transaction is a. a new issue of common stock by AT&T b. a sale of some outstanding common stock of AT&T c. AT&T repurcha

    Profitability Index, Project Crossover Rate, Project Cash Flow

    1. You are considering two independent projects both of which have been assigned a discount rate of 8%. Based on the profitability index, what is your recommendation concerning these projects? 2. The Winston Co. is considering two mutually exclusive projects with the following cash flows. The incremental IRR is _____ and

    Channels of Distribution in the United States

    Kumara, S., & Bergstromb, T. (2008). An exploratory study of the relations between the U.S. manufacturers and their local distributors in developing markets Abstract: We develop and investigate a model of long-term, inter-firm relationships in three developing countries and develop international organizational relationship

    Managerial accounting MA17-44: Evaluate the profitability of Dart's two products

    I need to evaluate the profitability of Dart's two products and make any appropriate recommendations. I am not sure where to start on trying to figure this out. When Dart Products started operation five years ago, its only produt was a radar detector known as the Bear Detector. The production system was simple, with Bear Dete

    Viewing Solutions Inc. - measures of solvency and profitability

    Viewing Solutions Inc. Comparative Retained Earnings Statements For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 Retained earnings, January 1 604,000 306,000 Add net income for year 428,000 314,000 Total 1,032,000 620,000 Deduct dividends: On preferred stock 4,000 4,000 On commo

    Business Analysis

    1. A seasonal index may be less than one, equal to one, or greater than one. Explain what each of these values would mean.

    The Human Poverty Index is described.

    The Human Poverty Index combines three measures of deprivation. List and explain these three measures. What are the functions of poverty according to structural functionalists? What is soft money? Why do U.S. corporations make political contributions? Explain the evolution of work through industrialization and pos

    Index Number

    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is one index mentioned frequently in business news reports. It helps in determining the overall changes in prices faced by consumers in the economy. Describe one other index number that you feel would be helpful for examining changes in the economy or for organizations to run their business and exp

    Cost structure and profitability

    1. What kind of effect does cost structure have on profitability? 2. In a poor economic environment (high level of uncertainty), what should a company do that only has fixed costs (no variable costs) in order to improve their level of profitability?

    Homeland Research Services: customer profitability

    Homeland Research Services (HRS) conducts personnel background checks and supplier reliability research for government agencies and corporations. Using the following information, prepare a customer profitability statement. Personnel Supplier HRS Profitability Total Checks Reliability Contribution margin ratio 6