Gibson's has sales for the year of $535,400, cost of goods sold equal to 66 percent of sales, and an average inventory of $76,200. The profit margin is 8 percent and the tax rate is 40 percent. How many days, on average, does it take the company to sell an inventory item? Assume 365 days per year.

What part of the rational model of decision-making does the former business executive “elliott” have a problem completing?

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

Which of the following best explains why online retail companies have an advantage over regular stores? a. their employees make less money because they mostly perform unskilled tasks. b. they are able to keep distribution costs low by negotiating deals with shipping companies. c. their transactions require expensive state-of-the-art technological devices. d. they have a larger number of potential customers because people anywhere can buy from them.