The u. s. postal service (usps) has a constitutionally guaranteed monopoly on first-class mail. in 2015, it charged 49cents for a stamp, which was not the profit-maximizing pricelong dashthe usps's goal, allegedly, is to break even rather than to turn a profit. following the postal services in australia, britain, canada, switzerland, and ireland, the usps allowed stamps to sell a sheet of twenty 49¢ stamps with a photo of your dog, your mommy, or whatever for $22.00 (that's 110¢ per stamp, or a 224% markup). stamps keeps the extra beyond the 49¢ it pays the usps. what is the firm's lerner index? its lerner index is nothing. (en

Jack manufacturing company had beginning work in process inventory of $8,000. during the period, jack transferred $34,000 of raw materials to work in process. labor costs amounted to $41,000 and overhead amounted to $36,000. if the ending balance in work in process inventory was $12,000, what was the amount transferred to finished goods inventory?

Companies hd and ld are both profitable, and they have the same total assets (ta), total invested capital, sales (s), return on assets (roa), and profit margin (pm). both firms finance using only debt and common equity. however, company hd has the higher total debt to total capital ratio. which of the following statements is correct? a) company hd has a higher assets turnover than company ld. b) company hd has a higher return on equity than company ld. c) none of the other statements are correct because the information provided on the question is not enough. d) company hd has lower total assets turnover than company ld. e) company hd has a lower operating income (ebit) than company ld

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?