A jeans company is pursuing a low cost strategy and has achieved a position in which it is the lowest cost manufacturer of denim products. One of the ways the company can achieve a competitive advantage against its rivals is to:
a. undercut them in a price war to increase volumes and drive weaker low cost rivals out of business.
b. add features and cost to the jeans to compete with higher priced differentiated brands.
c. build brand loyalty through an intense marketing and media blitz.
d. focus on selling a wide variety of jean styles and colors to appeal to different market segments.

Paccar's current stock price is $75.10 and it is likely to pay a $3.29 dividend next year. since analysts estimate paccar will have a 14.2 percent growth rate, what is its required return? multiple choice 15.39 percent 17.94 percent 19.62 percent 18.58 percent

When slick heating company switched to an activity based costing system, it realized that it was allocating a much lower percentage of factory overhead to a product line that the marketing department was trying to push. the product line may contain which type of products?

Steele bicycle manufacturing company currently produces the handlebars used in manufacturing its bicycles, which are high-quality racing bikes with limited sales. steele produces and sells only 10,000 bikes each year. due to the low volume of activity, steele is unable to obtain the economies of scale that larger producers achieve. for example, steele could buy the handlebars for $31 each: they cost $34 each to make. the following is a detailed breakdown of current production costs: after seeing these figures, steele's president remarked that it would be foolish for the company to continue to produce the handlebars at $34 each when it can buy them for $31 each. calculate the total relevant cost. do you agree with the president's conclusion?