Rerun manufacturing company is in the process of preparing its 2016 budget and is anticipating the following changes:

30% increase in the number of units sold.
20% increase in the direct material unit cost.
15% increase in the direct labor cost per unit.
14% increase in the manufacturing overhead cost per unit.
18% increase in the marketing price.
4% increase in the administrative expenses.

rerun does not keep any units in inventory.
the composition of the cost of finished products during 2016 for materials, direct labor, and factory overhead, respectively, was in the ratio of 3: 2: 1. the condensed income statement for 2016 is as follows:

sales (50,000 units) $ 550,000
less sales returns 27,500
net sales 522,500
cost of goods sold 326,000
gross profit $196,500
selling expenses $80,000
admin. expenses 50,000 130,000
net income $66,500

what are estimated net sales for 2016, assuming the sales return/gross sales relationship remains constant?

(a) $801,515.
(b) $975,000.
(c) $736,929.
(d) $677,950.

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity. why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the tasks in each step.

At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. the café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i. e., she cannot price-discriminate). students with early classes students without early classes coffee 70 60 banana 51 101 the marginal cost of coffee is 10 and the marginal cost of a banana is 40. the café owner is considering three pricing strategies: 1. mixed bundling: price bundle of coffee and a banana for 161, or just a coffee for 70. 2. price separately: offer coffee at 60, price a banana at 101. 3. bundle only: coffee and a banana for 121. do not offer goods separately. assume that if the price of an item or bundle is no more than exactly equal to a student's willingness to pay, then the student will purchase the item or bundle. for simplicity, assume there is just one student with an early class, and one student without an early class. price strategy revenue from pricing strategy cost from pricing strategy profit from pricing strategy 1. mixed bundling $ $ $ 2. price separately $ $ $ 3. bundle only $ $ $ pricing strategy yields the highest profit for the café owner.