Economists have developed broad and narrow definitions to identify monopolies. what is a characteristic that supports a firm being classified as a monopoly? economists could find that a firm is a monopoly if

a. it achieves allocativeallocative efficiency.
b. it produces a smallsmall quantity.
c. it earns profits in the long run.
d. its production decisions are unresponsive to price.
e. it is a price taker.

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

Juniper company, inc. uses a perpetual inventory system. the company purchased $9,750 of merchandise on august 7 with terms 1/10, n/30. on august 11, it returned $1,500 worth of merchandise. on august 16, it paid the full amount due. the correct journal entry to record the payment on august 16 is:

Aslam wants to create multiple worksheet containing common formatting styles for his team members. which file extension him to save these worksheets? [templates, workbooks, files] aslam to create multiple worksheets with common styles. he needs to save them with the [xlsb, xlts, xls, xlsm] extension.