The Cupcake Heaven Factory plans to open a new retail store in Orlando, Florida. The store will sell specialty cupcakes for $ 3 per cupcake (each cupcake has a variable cost of $ 1.) The company is negotiating its lease for the new store. The landlord has offered two leasing options: 1) a lease of $ 4,000 per month; or 2) a monthly lease cost of $ 2,500 plus 10 % of the company's monthly sales revenue. Requirements 1. If the Cupcake Heaven Factory plans to sell 4,500 cupcakes a month, which lease option would cost less each month? Why? 2. If the company plans to sell 6,000 cupcakes a month, which lease option would be more attractive? Why?

Anderson, a computer engineer, and spouse, who is unemployed, provide more than half of the support for their child, age 23, who is a full-time student and who earns $7,000. they also provide more than half of the support for their older child, age 33, who earns $2,000 during the year. how many dependents may the andersons claim on their joint tax return?

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Identify an organization with the low-total-cost value proposition and suggest at least two possible measures within each of the four balanced scorecard perspectives.