As a consultant, you have been thinking about choosing the "right" alpha (smoothing constant) for forecasting using exponential smoothing. Which of the following is most accurate about alpha?

A. If alpha is high, speed of reaction to changes in actually low. B.If a firm produces standard product with relatively stable demand, alpha should be small. C.Products experiencing growth should be assigned higher alpha value. D. Alpha could be more than 1.0, and in this case (1-alpha) will become negative to make up for it. E. B and C

Carlos would like to start saving for his son’s college expenses. which type of savings account should carlos open? ida money market 529 plan basic savings account

9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u. s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u. s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u. s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u. s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation

An electronics store is running a promotion where for every video game purchased, the customer receives a coupon upon checkout to purchase a second game at a 50% discount. the coupons expire in one year. the store normally recognized a gross profit margin of 40% of the selling price on video games. how would the store account for a purchase using the discount coupon?