Successful differentiation mainly allows a firm to :

A. be the industry's best-cost provider.

B. set the industry ceiling on price.

C. avoid being dragged into a price war with industry rivals and not be overly concerned about whether entry barriers into the industry are high or low.

D. command a premium price for its product, and/or increase unit sales, and or gain buyer loyalty to its brand.

E. take sales and market share away from rivals by solely undercutting them on price.

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

Listed below are several transactions that took place during the first two years of operations for the law firm of pete, pete, and roy. year 1 year 2amounts billed to clients for services rendered $ 170,000 $ 220,000 cash collected from clients 160,000 190,000 cash disbursements salaries paid to employees for services rendered during the year 90,000 100,000 utilities 30,000 40,000 purchase of insurance policy 60,000 0 in addition, you learn that the company incurred utility costs of $35,000 in year 1, that there were no liabilities at the end of year 2, no anticipated bad debts on receivables, and that the insurance policy covers a three-year period. required: 1. & 3. calculate the net operating cash flow for years 1 and 2 and determine the amount of receivables from clients that the company would show in its year 1 and year 2 balance sheets prepared according to the accrual accounting model.2. prepare an income statement for each year according to the accrual accounting model.