Describe how IBM, once a major manufacturer of computers and related products, changed its business model in response to new customer needs and how B2B marketing played a role.

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IBM provided the consulting services necessary to design the Volkswagen Group's system. IBM, which was once a major manufacturer of computers and related products, now generates 90 percent of its profits from its software, consulting, and financing businesses-all of which are considered services. Like Volkswagen Group, it requires a host of B2B products and services to support these businesses. For instance, the airlines that IBM consultants and service providers rely on to shuttle them around the globe also use a mix of products such as airplanes and fuel as well as consulting, legal, and other services.

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A) $935 B) $156 C) $468 D) $312

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Absorption cost is required for:

a. income tax purposes. b. external financial reporting but not income tax purposes. c. both external financial reporting and income tax purposes. d. neither external financial reporting nor income tax purposes.

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During the first week of January, an employee works 46 hours. For this company, workers earn 150% of their regular rate for hours in excess of 40 per week. Her pay rate is $16 per hour, and her wages are subject to no deductions other than FICA Social Security, FICA Medicare, and federal income taxes. The tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% of the first $127,200 earned each calendar year and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. The current FUTA tax rate is 0.6%, and the SUTA tax rate is 5.4%. Both unemployment taxes are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. The employee has $80 in federal income taxes withheld. What is the amount of this employee's net pay for the first week of January?

A. $784.00 B. $644.02 C. $139.98 D. $724.02 E. $923.98

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When preparing the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows using the indirect method, non-operating gains are added to net income.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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