Assignment 2: Costs and Profit (20 points) In Section 2‚ you learned about costs and profit. Now‚ you’ll apply what you learned. 1. Choose a real or made up example of a company‚ and describe at least three variable costs the company has. (1-3 sentences. 1.5 points) soaring angels attire company’s first variable cost is shirts they customize shirts to whatever you want them to be but how many shirts you want tells them how much material they need. Same thing with the shoes they also customize
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business instead and earn an annual 20 percent profit on his funds. He also estimates that he and his family could earn a total annual wage of $90 000 if they worked somewhere other than the store. a. Calculate the total explicit costs and total implicit costs of running the variety store. b. What is the accounting profit of the variety store? c. What is the economic profit? d. In what way is economic profit superior to accounting profit as an indicator of the overall performance of
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2007 The key points underpinning the economics of a profit maximizing firm Neoclassical model of the firm states that organization will have the main objective of maximizing its profit within a given period of time. Maximum profit was achieved at the output at which marginal cost is equal marginal revenue. There are several factors which need to be considered when talking about the profit maximizing firm: 1. The assumption of the profit maximizing firm is that there is no segregation between
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COST-VOLUME PROFIT (CVP) ANALYSIS This is a technique used for planning short-term run profits by finding the relationship between profits and factors that influence profits. The following factors are taken to be influencing profits:- • Selling price • Variable cost of production • Fixed costs • Activity level (production and sales units) Profit planning is based on break-even analysis and can be worked out using either; a) Algebraic method b) Contribution method c) Break-even
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big role‚ but For-profit prisons take the cake. For-profit prisons‚ also referred to as private prisons‚ are third-party prisons that are contracted by a government agency. Private prisons originally began to exist in a variety of forms in the 1800’s‚ however they largely disappeared from the 1920’s to the 1980’s. For-profit prisons in their current form arrived after the mass incarceration following the War on Drugs. As of 2013 133‚000 inmates were incarcerated in for-profit facilities‚ which
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Many of you have heard of a non profit organizations but do you really know what it is? The definition of a non profit organization is an organization that uses its surplus revenues to further achieve its purpose or mission‚ rather than distributing its surplus income to the organization’s shareholders as a profit. This means that instead of the organization’s profit going into their pocket it goes towards the benefit of the general public for the cause that the organization has dedicated itself
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1. What are the strategic capabilities of IKEA? From the VIRO table (appendix 1) IKEA’s strategic capabilities are grouped into the following categories - Brand/quality reputation Financial strength Production capacity. Brand/Quality reputation IKEA operates (in 2002) 154 stores in 22 countries and serviced 286 million customers. With a 14% share of the market (in America)‚ there is huge opportunity for growth via a continued marketing campaign to leverage off its brand‚ differentiating
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explain why it is more beneficial for the company to use segmented hurdles rates rather than the corporate hurdle rate currently being used. We will then calculate a new hurdle rate and the economic profit for each division. Then‚ we will explain how capital restructuring can increase our profits for each segment. Lastly‚ we will address the concerns with the company’s recent performance and the future direction of the company. Industry Comparable Analysis Prior to any action
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Week Four Assignment: Market Structures and Maximizing Profits Shayne Paul Jedlicka XECO 212 October 30‚ 2011 Walter Schaefer Week Four Assignment: Market Structures and Maximizing Profits Three market structures involving monopolies‚ oligopolies‚ and competitive markets make up the economy in the United States. Each market has different characteristics making each an important part of the economy. Maximum profits are received in a monopoly market because of its control over the market
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is catering the demand of its product W within a local community. However the Company wishes to analyse the implications if a decision is made in respect of launching product W at the state level. As a consulting firm‚ we will perform a cost-volume-profit [CVP] analysis whereby we will examine where the Company stands now and where the Company intends to be. CVP analysis is extension of break-even analysis – a situation where a business earns no income and incurs no loss. From the analysis we shall
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