Mathis Inc. is a home appliance manufacturing firm based in Vermont that sells its products under the brand name GoodHome. The firm initially built a reputation in the household appliances market for its high-quality products. After an extensive market research, the firm used its brand reputation to expand into the home furnishing industry. In this example, Mathis Inc. uses which of the following product line extension strategies?A) a vertical brand-line extension strategy
B) a horizontal brand-line extension strategy
C) a new product-market brand extension strategy
D) a cobranding extension strategy
E) a product bundling extension strategy

Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be

Financial performance is measured in many ways. requirements 1. explain the difference between lag and lead indicators. 2. the following is a list of financial measures. indicate whether each is a lag or lead indicator: a. income statement shows net income of $100,000 b. listing of next week's orders of $50,000 c. trend showing that average hits on the redesigned website are increasing at 5% per week d. price sheet from vendor reflecting that cost per pound of sugar for the next month is $2 e. contract signed last month with large retail store that guarantees a minimum shelf space for grandpa's overloaded chocolate cookies for the next year

Akika corporation started as a small firm and has grown substantially in the past decade. its interests span from electronics to real estate and aviation. akika's board of directors have now decided to create independent business units for and categorize the actions performed under each domain. each business unit will have distinct roles and responsibilities. which of the 14 principles of fayol does this exemplify?