SungSam, Inc. is designing a new digital camcorder that is projected to have the following per-unit costs to manufacture:

Cost Categories Unit Costs
Material Costs $63
Labor Costs 24
Overhead Costs 110
Total Unit Cost $197

SungSam adds 30% to its manufacturing cost for corporate profit.

a. What unit profit would SungSam realize on each camcorder?
b. What is the overall cost to produce a batch of 10,000 camcorders?
c. What would SungSam's profit be on the batch of 10,000 of historical data show that 1% of product will be scrapped in manufacturing, 3% of finished product will go unsold, and 2% of sold product will be returned for refund?
d. How much can SungSam afford to pay for a contract that would lock in a 50% reduction in unit material cost previously given? If SungSam does sign the contract, the sales price will not change.

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.)

Which of the following statements regarding the learning curve and economies of scale is accurate? answers: just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.

Discuss how the resource-based view (rbv) of the firm combines the two perspectives of (1) an internal analysis of a firm and (2) an external analysis of its industry and its competitive environment. include comments on the different types of firm resources and how these resources can be used by a firm to build sustainable competitive advantages.