What type of contractual system describes a situation where assistance in selecting the location, setting up the store or facility, advertising, and training personnel is provided by the parent company?

a. administered system
b. conglomerate system
c. franchise system
d. vertical integrated system
e. retail-sponsored cooperative

Which term refers to the cost that motivates an economic decision

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $

Adistinguishing feature of ecological economics is the concept of cost-benefit analysis steady-state economies that, like natural systems, neither grow nor shrink environmental damage and also environmental benefits are external greenwashing to increase public acceptance of products the only healthy economy is one that is growing