QUESTION 1: CHAPTER 7: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT Preston Piston manufactures two types of electric sleeping bags- Luxury and Exclusive- and applies manufacturing overhead to all units at the rate of $80 per machine hour. Production information follows: Luxury Exclusive Direct material $35 $60 Direct Labour $20 $20 Budgeted volume (units) 8‚000 15‚000 The management accountant has determined that the firm’s overhead can be identified with three activities:
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Additional useful information on types of risk Market or price risk relates to the uncertainty in markets and prices for both inputs (purchased for the production process)‚ and outputs (products and services for sale by the firm). Market/price risk has always been a major problem in most businesses and results from the economic forces of supply and demand. Outcome of these forces are fluctuations in the price for a commodity and/or inputs in the production of that commodity. These fluctuations
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ROD CELLS Rod cells‚ or rods‚ are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than the other type of visual photoreceptor‚ cone cells. Rods are concentrated at the outer edges of the retina and are used in peripheral vision. On average‚ there are approximately 125 million rod cells in the human retina.[1] More sensitive than cone cells‚ rod cells are almost entirely responsible for night vision. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Rods are a little longer and leaner
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10/12/04 4:49 PM Page 259 8 C H A P T E R COST CURVES 8.1 LONG-RUN COST CURVES APPLICATION 8.1 The Long Run Cost of Trucking APPLICATION 8.2 The Costs of Higher Education APPLICATION 8.3 Economies of Scale in Refining Alumina? APPLICATION 8.4 Hospitals Are Businesses Too APPLICATION 8.5 Tracking Railroad Costs APPLICATION 8.6 Economies of Scope for the 8.2 S H O RT- R U N C O ST C U RV E S 8.3 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COST Swoosh Experience Reduces Costs of Computer Chips APPLICATION 8.7 8.4
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Name: Class: Cost Accounting Date: 02.12.2012 Quiz 5 1) Absorption costing: A) expenses marketing costs as cost of goods sold B) treats direct manufacturing costs as a period cost C) includes fixed manufacturing overhead as an inventoriable cost D) is required for internal reports to managers 2) Variable costing: A) expenses administrative costs as cost of goods sold B) treats direct manufacturing costs as a product cost C) includes fixed manufacturing overhead as an inventoriable
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by the notion that whilst the former aims to reach a very large market such as the entire population of a country‚ the latter broadcasts to a much smaller population and area‚ and generally focuses on regional news rather than global events. A third type of media‚ speciality media‚ provides for specific demographics‚ such as specialty channels on TV (sports channels‚ porn channels‚ etc.). These definitions are not set in stone‚ and it is possible for a media outlet to be promoted in status from a local
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The Costs of Production Production and Costs Costs in the Short Run Fixed Costs Implicit Costs Explicit Costs Variable Costs Average Costs Marginal Costs The Symmetry Between Production and Costs Total Product and Total Cost Curves Geometry of Average and Marginal Costs Curves Average Physical Product and Average Variable Costs Marginal Physical Product and Marginal Cost Costs in the Long Run Isocost Lines Cost Minimization The Expansion Path and the Long Run Total Cost Curve Average Cost and
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MASHANGE REG NUMBER R124257Y MODULE Principles OF ECONOMICS PROGRAMME BSC HONOURS MEDIA AND SOCIETY STUDIES LEVEL 1:1 (VISITING) PRESENTATION QUESTION: Types of economies Societies have developed different broad economic approaches to manage their resources. Economists generally recognize four basic types of economic systems—traditional‚ command‚ market‚ and mixed. “Economics is the study of the use of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited human wants” (Lipsey‚ Courant‚ Purvis
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still catch a few glares of prejudice just by going about my daily life‚ but it just motivates me to work even harder to become successful. I chose to attend Brooklyn College not only because of the diversity on campus‚ but also because of the cost. The cost
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strategies which they use and could use in that respect. The main idea of the paper is that the principle “differentiate or die” (Jack Trout) has died. Today the global brands don’t strive to differ from their competitors in everything and at any cost. As an example‚ let’s have a global look at the business of mobile phones. In June 1998 Ericsson‚ Nokia‚ Motorola and Psion established their own International Strategic Alliance‚ a private independent company called “Symbian”. Symbian Ltd. is an
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