According to Brooks' Law, adding more people to a late project ________
A) makes the project later
B) decreases the overall cost
C) requires decreased staff coordination
D) increases the project's timeline
A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is true with regard to value selling?
A) Value selling refers to earning business from customers by cutting down prices of value products. B) Value selling refers to delivering superior customer value and capturing a fair return on that value. C) Value selling refers to the mass production of inferior-quality goods for sale. D) Value selling dilutes customer loyalty in the long run. E) Value selling tarnishes the brand image of a product in the long run.
A bond with a $1,000 face value and a 10 percent annual coupon rate matures in 15 years
a. Determine the value of the bond to a friend of yours with a required rate of return of 13%. b. A zero coupon bond with similar risk is selling for $180. The bond has a face value of $1,000 and matures in 15 years. Your friend asks you which bond she should invest in, the zero coupon bond or the bond in part (a). Which bond do you recommend, and why? Assume the market price of the bond in part (a) is $820.
Liapis Products, Inc., has a Valve Division that manufactures and sells a number of products, including a standard valve that could be used by another division, the Pump Division, in one of its products. Data concerning that valve appear below:?Capacity in units66,000?Selling price to outside customers$66?Variable cost per unit$38?Fixed cost per unit (based on capacity)$22The Pump Division is currently purchasing 12,000 of these valves per year from an overseas supplier at a cost of $62 per valve.Required:a. Assume that the Valve Division has enough idle capacity to handle all of the Pump Division's needs. What is the acceptable range, if any, for the transfer price between the two divisions?b. Assume that the Valve Division is selling all of the valves it can produce to outside
customers. What is the acceptable range, if any, for the transfer price between the two divisions?c. Assume again that the Valve Division is selling all of the valves it can produce to outside customers. Also assume that $7 in variable expenses can be avoided on transfers within the company due to reduced shipping and selling costs. What is the acceptable range, if any, for the transfer price between the two divisions? What will be an ideal response?