According to the Industrial Organization approach, firms cooperate because of the incentive for ________.

a.                  Price collusion
b.                  Efficiency
c.                   Value
d.                  None of the above


a.                  Price collusion

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

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A disadvantage of the matrix structure is that

A. employees may lack loyalty to the company as a whole. B. communication on complex assignments is hampered. C. resource utilization tends to be inefficient. D. additional time is required for meetings and coordination. E. a single head has to oversee multiple divisions.

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In a retail business that uses a perpetual inventory system, scanning a bar code does not:

A. calculate the gross profit. B. identify the item sold to be recorded in the Cost of Goods Sold account. C. calculate the amount owed by the customer. D. identify the item sold to be removed from the Inventory account.

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A company paid $507,000 to purchase equipment and $15,700 to have the equipment delivered to and installed in the company's production facilities. The equipment is expected to be used a total of 28,700 hours throughout its estimated useful life of seven years. The estimated residual value of the equipment is $5700. The company began using the equipment on May 1, 2018. The company has an October 31, 2018 year-end. It used the equipment for a total of 11,900 hours between May 1 and October 31, 2018. Using the units-of-production method, what amount of depreciation expense would the company report in the income statement prepared for the year ended October 31, 2018?

A. $517,000 B. $214,366 C. $208,366 D. $107,183

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