Appalachian Coal Mining believes that it can increase labor productivity and‚ there- fore‚ net revenue by reducing air pollution in its mines. It estimates that the marginal cost function for reducing pollution by installing additional capital equipment is MC = 40P where P represents a reduction of one unit of pollution in the mines. It also feels that for every unit of pollution reduction the marginal increase in revenue (MR) is MR =1‚000 =10P. How much pollution reduction should Appalachian Coal
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Problem One Cost Concepts and Cost Flow (8 points) The following information is from MM wooden bed Co. for September: Wood used in production Carpenters salary Factory supervisors salary Factory security guard and janitor salary Sales persons salary CEO and CFO salary Advertisement expense Depreciation of factory equipment Factory utilities Oil and lubricants for factory equipment‚ and other miscellaneous materials used in production Wood inventory‚ Sept. 1 Work-in-process inventory
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BBUS2541 – ASSIGNMENT #3 Q1 – Exercise 4-18 Percentage of Physical Completion w/respect Equivalent Units Units to conversion Direct Material Conversion Work in Process‚ October 1 1‚000 40% Units Started during October 5‚000 Total Units to account for 6‚000 Units from beginning WIP‚ completed & transferred out during October 1‚000 100% 1‚000 1‚000 Units started & completed during Oct 3‚000 3‚000 3‚000 Work in Process‚ Oct 31 (20% as to con) 2
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PROBLEM 2-21B Predetermined Overhead Rate; Disposition of Underapplied or Overapplied Overhead (LO1‚ LO7) CHECK FIGURE (2) Underapplied: $68‚600 Adriana Company is highly automated and uses computers to control manufacturing operations. The company uses a job-order costing system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to products on the basis of computer-hours. The following estimates were used in preparing the predetermined overhead rate at the beginning of the year: Computer-hours
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3. Describe what Pareto efficiency is and why economists use this criterion for comparing alternative economic systems. Use a graphic display in this essay. The term is named for an Italian economist‚ Vilfreo Pareto. A central concept in economics is Pareto efficiency. A situation is said to be Pareto efficient if there is no way to rearrange things to make at least one person better off without making anyone worse off. What makes Pareto efficiency important is that almost everyone would agree that
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TEST BANK CHAPTER 1 Intercorporate Investments: An Overview MULTIPLE CHOICE Use the following information on a company’s investments in equity securities to answer questions 1- 4 below. The company’s accounting year ends December 31. | |Date of acquisition|Cost |Fair value |Date sold |Selling price | |Investment | | |12/31/10 | |
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Technical skills Technical skills is the specific knowledge and techniques required to perform an organizational role. Skills reflect both an understanding of and a proficiency in a specialized field. A manager may have technical skills in a specialized field such as accounting‚ finance‚ computer science… etc. for example‚ an account payable manager must be proficient in accounting rules and procedures so that he can resolve problems and answer questions related to accounting. Human Skills
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Chapter 3 Solutions‚ 3rd day Exercise 3-13 (15 minutes) 1. | Actual manufacturing overhead costs | | $ 48‚000 | | Manufacturing overhead applied: 10‚000 MH × $5 per MH | | 50‚000 | | Overapplied overhead cost | | $ 2‚000 | | | | | 2. | Direct materials: | | | | Raw materials inventory‚ beginning | $ 8‚000 | | | Add: Purchases of raw materials | 32‚000 | | | Raw materials available for use | 40‚000 | | | Deduct: Raw materials inventory
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Three Managerial Skills In the past decade‚ businesses became more technology based‚ more diverse and competitive. Cortwell in an online article mentions‚ how businesses have changed from simple barter trade‚ when the concept of money was not introduced until now‚ the computer revolution has changed everything (Importance of Technology in Business‚ 2009). Every manager should adopt key skills in order to manipulate the employees in the correct fashion. In today’s world of diversity of business
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define behaviors and traits that certain managers possess. He identified ten different roles‚ separated into three categories. The categories he defined are interpersonal roles‚ information processing roles‚ and decision roles (“ProvenModels - Ten Managerial Roles”). The first set of roles Mintzberg described is interpersonal roles. The first interpersonal role is a figurehead. A figurehead is a symbol of his company and performs social‚ inspirational‚ and ceremonial duties. The next role is a leader
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