Two brothers own a hair salon. One believes they could have more business if they mailed out $5-off coupons to people living within a five-mile radius of the shop
The other brother wants to run an ad in the local shopping newspaper with a coupon for a free hot oil treatment. (The newspaper goes to everyone in the area.) What type of market research can they use to determine whose idea would be more profitable? Explain your answer.
Causal research could be used to understand cause-and-effect relationships. Both methods should be tried as experiments, and then the results compared to determine which idea would be the most profitable.
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a. production schedule b. route sheet c. materials requisition d. bill of manufacturing
Naomi tells Ogden, who has no knowledge of Shakespearean comedy, that she will tutor him in the subject for $50. As an offer, this is? A) ?effective
B) ??not effective because comedy is not a serious subject. C) not effective because Naomi's tutoring will be subjective.? D) ?not effective because Ogden has no knowledge of the subject.
Erholm Corporation has two operating divisions--an Atlantic Division and a Pacific Division. The company's Logistics Department services both divisions. The variable costs of the Logistics Department are budgeted at $31 per shipment. The Logistics Department's fixed costs are budgeted at $411,800 for the year. The fixed costs of the Logistics Department are determined based on peak-period demand. Percentage of Peak Period Capacity RequiredBudgeted ShipmentsAtlantic Division 35% 1,900 Pacific Division 65% 5,200 ?At the end of the year, actual Logistics Department variable costs totaled $290,700 and fixed costs totaled $431,950. The Atlantic Division had a total of 3,900 shipments and the Pacific Division had a total of 5,100 shipments for the year. How much Logistics Department
cost should be charged to the Pacific Division at the end of the year for performance evaluation purposes? A. $391,453 B. $425,770 C. $409,502 D. $445,498
If an employee earning $75,000 per year annually for 20 years contributes 6% to their 401(k) plan and the employer matches 3%,
plus contributes $5000 to a Roth IRA annually for 20 years, how much money will the employee have at the end of 20 years assuming all funds are invested at 6% per annum? A) $432,231 B) $524,234 C) $450,456 D) $365,056