Which of the following is not a part of the basic concept of marketing? a. discover needs and wants of consumers b. satisfaction of consumers needs and wants c. make a profit (for a profit oriented firm) d. ensure an integrated effort of the firm e. provide an outlet for engineering's new ideas

San ruiz interiors provides design services to residential and commercial clients. the residential services produce a contribution margin of $450,000 and have traceable fixed operating costs of $480,000. management is studying whether to drop the residential operation. if closed, the fixed operating costs will fall by $370,000 and san ruiz’ income will

Cooper, cpa, is auditing the financial statements of a small rural municipality. the receivable balances represent residents’ delinquent real estate taxes. internal control at the municipality is weak. to determine the existence of the accounts receivable balances at the balance sheet date, cooper would most likely: cooper, cpa, is auditing the financial statements of a small rural municipality. the receivable balances represent residents’ delinquent real estate taxes. internal control at the municipality is weak. to determine the existence of the accounts receivable balances at the balance sheet date, cooper would most likely:

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]