Challenging Business Problems with Detailed Answers

Vriend Software Inc.s book value per share is $12.37. Earnings per share is $1.68, and the firms stock trades in the stock market at 2.5 times book value per share. What will the P/E ratio be? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
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Under B, subsection 6. HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, changes to energy efficiency regulations impact the installation, replacement, and some repairs of heating and air conditioning units (HVAC). Which level of government are responsible for these regulations?
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On September 15, 2021, Oliver's Mortuary received a $7,200, nine-month note bearing interest at an annual rate of 8% from the estate of Jay Hendrix for services rendered. Oliver's has a December 31 year-end. What adjusting entry will the company record on December 31, 2021
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What are two types of strategies businesses use to directly influence the environment? A. Social media rebranding B. Lobbyists and flamesC. Formal organizational structure and informal organization D. Social media and strategic financing
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PMI members have determined that ________ are the values that drive ethical conduct for the project management profession. honesty, responsibility, respect and fairness meeting objectives, goals, and results to forego profits and efforts to beat the competition
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Business-process outsourcing (BPO) is a type of outsourcing that consists of contracting operations and responsibilities of a specific business process to a third-party service provider. Such outsourcing generally began with manufacturing firms outsourcing their supply chain but has grown into a much wider range of processes, including marketing, finance, sales, and accounting. According to a recent Forbes article, the revenue of the global outsourced services industry rose from $45 billion in 2000 to nearly $100 billion in 2012. An article in BusinessWeek suggested that BPO can save end users anywhere from 15 to 85 percent. International BPO service providers are particularly attractive since offshore labor offers an additional 25 to 30 percent cost savings. Furthermore, approximately 25 percent of the cost savings results from BPO firms proprietary products. The remaining 10 to 30 percent in cost reduction accrues from consolidated operations. Suppose you are the manager of a U.S.-based company and must decide whether to outsource your human resources department. Based on the above information and your study, please outline arguments supporting and opposing a decision to outsource this function of your business. Please explain from a purely business standpoint, any issues that might arise from contracting with an international-based versus U.S.-based BPO service firm? (Chapter 6, page 199)
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Waldman Associates received a written, approved contract to deliver economic consulting services, with service and payment commencing in one month. The contract specifies the services that Waldman is to perform, and the payment terms. Waldman and the customer both can cancel the contract without penalty prior to commencing service. Does Waldman have a contract for purposes of revenue recognition on the day the contract is received
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Which of the following statements regarding the photoelectric effect is FALSE? Group of answer choices If you hit the surface with enough photons, no matter their frequency, you can eventually get an electron to be ejected. If a photon has more energy than is necessary, the electrons will gain speed. The photoelectric effect leads to the conclusion that light comes in packets, which we call photons. Any photon with a frequency greater than the threshold frequency can kick an electron out of a surface atom.
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Ivanhoe Construction Company had a contract starting April 2021, to construct a $23000000 building that is expected to be completed in September 2023, at an estimated cost of $21000000. At the end of 2021, the costs to date were $7560000 and the estimated total costs to complete had not changed. The progress billings during 2021 were $3800000 and the cash collected during 2021 was 3100000. Ivanhoe uses the percentage-of-completion method. At December 31, 2021 Ivanhoe would report Construction in Process in the amount of:
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A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Selling price $ 117 Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 2,900 Units sold 2,500 Units in ending inventory 400 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $ 32 Direct labor $ 45 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 2 Variable selling and administrative expense $ 9 Fixed costs: Fixed manufacturing overhead $43,500 Fixed selling and administrative expense $15,000 The total gross margin for the month under absorption costing is:
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Social Media, Inc. (SMI) has two services for users. Toot!, which connects tutors with students who are looking for tutoring services, and TiX, which can be used to buy, sell, or exchange event tickets. For the following year, SMI expects the following results. Toot! TiX Total Users 17,900 24,100 42,000 Revenues $ 2,200,000 $ 2,400,000 $ 4,600,000 Engineering hours 11,500 9,500 21,000 Engineering cost $ 1,096,250 $ 1,213,750 $ 2,310,000 Administrative costs $ 1,848,000 Required: a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the number of users to allocate administrative costs. b. Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service
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A company distributes a product that sells for $50 per unit. Variable expenses are $10 per unit, and fixed expenses total $15,000 annually. Assume that the company sold 4,000 units last year. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with a $30,000 increase in advertising expenditures, would increase annual unit sales by 50%. If these changes were made, by how much would net operating income increase or decrease?
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Residential Investment Payments of Factor Income to the rest of the world National Income Inventory Adjustment 0.00 Personal Consumption Expenditure Depreciation Exports Nonresidential Investment Receipts of Factor Income from the Rest of the World Government Transfer Payment 200.00 Statistical Discrepancy 0.00 Imports Using the above information calculate the values of GDP, GNP, NNP and Government Consumption and Gross Investment (G).
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A double-entry accounting system is an accounting system: Multiple Choice That records each transaction twice. That records the effect of each transaction in at least two accounts with equal debits and credits. In which each transaction affects and is recorded in two or more accounts but that could include two debits and no credits. That allows total credits to be greater than total debits. That allows total debits to be greater than total credits.
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Hanover Glassware produces crystal serve ware and uses process costing. At the start of May, 2,300 units were in process. During May, 11,000 units were completed and 2,000 units were in process at the end of May. The units in process at the end of May were 80% complete with respect to material and 30% complete with respect to conversion costs. Other information is as follows: Work in process, May 1: Direct material $28,800 Conversion costs 48,000 Costs incurred during May: Direct material $198,000 Conversion costs 242,000 How much is the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials during May?
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Subway, the sandwich shop, is run by Jim, Tim and Kim. When a customer arrives, Jim spends 5 minutes taking order from the customer. After this, Tim prepares bread and Kim prepares filling for the order. These activities are performed in parallel, and take 7 and 10 minutes respectively. Jim then assembles the bread and filling, which takes 5 minutes of his time. Finally, Tim spends 5 minutes in delivering the order and taking payment. What is the minimum time for an order to be completed in the process
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The demand for tickets to an Ethiopian Camparada film is given by D(p)= 200,000-10,000p, where p is the price of tickets. If the price of tickets is 12 birr, calculate price elasticity of demand for tickets and draw the demand curve
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A copy machine is available 24 hours a day. On a typical day, the machine produces 169 jobs. Each job takes about 5 minutes on the machine, 3 minutes of which is processing time and 2 minutes is setup time (logging in, defining the job). About 10% of the jobs need to be reworked, in which case the set-up time and the processing time must be repeated. The other time, the equipment is idle. What is the OEE of the equipment
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Peter Drucker championed several ideas that continue to be influential to this day, including decentralization, employees as corporation as a human community, and the importance of workers in the new information economy.
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What are the changing roles of public, private, and nonprofit agencies in addressing public problems? What difficulties might a public manager face in trying to implement management techniques borrowed from the private sector?
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The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps fell almost 4 cents in March to $2.50 a gallon. The price of crude oil dropped to $43.46 per barrel on March 17, the lowest since March 2009.
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A company incurred the following costs associated with the purchase of a piece of land that it will use to re-build an office building: Purchase price of the land $ 620,000 Sale of salvaged parts already on land $ 25,000 Demolition of the old building $ 23,000 Ground-breaking ceremony (food and supplies) $ 1,100 Land preparation and leveling $ 8,300 What amount should be recorded for the purchase of the land
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The Heating Division of Kobe International produces a heating element that it sells to its customers for $45 per unit. Its variable cost per unit is $25, and its fixed cost per unit is $10. Top management of Kobe International would like the Heating Division to transfer 15,000 heating units to another division within the company at a price of $29. The Heating Division is operating at full capacity. What is the minimum transfer price that the Heating Division should accept
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Holiday Laboratories purchased a high-speed industrial centrifuge at a cost of $470,000. Shipping costs totaled $14,100. Foundation work to house the centrifuge cost $7,700. An additional water line had to be run to the equipment at a cost of $2,600. Labor and testing costs totaled $7,000. Materials used up in testing cost $3,700. (Leave no cells blank. Enter 0 where needed.) a. What is the total cost of the equipment
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