The existence of high exit barriers such as ownership of specialized assets such as tower cranes for building very large crude oil carriers in the shipbuilding industry indicates thatselect one: a. buyers are relatively weak because of the high switching costs created by tower cranesb. the competitive rivalry in the industry is severe. c. the economic segment of the external environment has shifted, but shipbuilders’ strategies have not changed. d. the industry is moving toward differentiation of shipbuilding process.

Job 456 was recently completed. the following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: direct materials $ 2,418 direct labor-hours 74 labor-hours direct labor wage rate $ 13 per labor-hour machine-hours 137 machine-hours the corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. the predetermined overhead rate is $14 per machine-hour. the total cost that would be recorded on the job cost sheet for job 456 would be: multiple choice $3,380 $5,298 $6,138 $2,622

Biochemical corp. requires $600,000 in financing over the next three years. the firm can borrow the funds for three years at 10.80 percent interest per year. the ceo decides to do a forecast and predicts that if she utilizes short-term financing instead, she will pay 7.50 percent interest in the first year, 12.15 percent interest in the second year, and 8.25 percent interest in the third year. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a)determine the total interest cost under each plan. a) long term fixed rate: b) short term fixed rate: b) which plan is less costly? a) long term fixed rate plan b) short term variable rate plan

How do the percentages of the 65 customer satisfaction ratings in that actually fall into the intervals [formula62.mml ± s], [formula62.mml ± 2s], and [formula62.mml ± 3s] compare to those given by the empirical rule? do these comparisons indicate that the statistical inferences you made in parts b and c are reasonably valid? (round your answers to the nearest whole number. omit the "%" sign in your