For each of the following types of firms, state whether you would use a cournot model, a homogeneous-product bertrand model, or a differentiated-product bertrand model to describe the nature of competition in the market, and briefly describe why you have made this choice.

(a) coffee shops in downtown greenville
(b) raw steel (a note: there are only 2 producers of steel in the u. s.)
(c) breakfast cereal (cheerios, corn flakes, etc.)

Job a3b was ordered by a customer on september 25. during the month of september, jaycee corporation requisitioned $2,400 of direct materials and used $3,900 of direct labor. the job was not finished by the end of the month, but needed an additional $2,900 of direct materials in october and additional direct labor of $6,400 to finish the job. the company applies overhead at the end of each month at a rate of 100% of the direct labor cost. what is the amount of job costs added to work in process inventory during october?

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

Adecision is made at the margin when each alternative considers