1. Imagine you have $15,000 saved in a personal account to help supplement your
income during the first year your business is open. Per month, the rent on your
current apartment is $500, utilities are generally about $45, gas for your car is about
$120, and food costs are about $350. In September, you know your rent will increase
to $525 per month. Create a budget that divides the $15,000 across these categories

Is exploiting a distinctive competence or improving efficiency for competitive advantage. (a) cooptation (b) coalition (c) competitive intelligence (d) competitive aggression (e) smoothing

Rolston music company is considering the sale of a new sound board used in recording studios. the new board would sell for $27,200, and the company expects to sell 1,570 per year. the company currently sells 2,070 units of its existing model per year. if the new model is introduced, sales of the existing model will fall to 1,890 units per year. the old board retails for $23,100. variable costs are 57 percent of sales, depreciation on the equipment to produce the new board will be $1,520,000 per year, and fixed costs are $1,420,000 per year. if the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the annual ocf for the project?

Atennis club charges a monthly membership fee of $150 and charges it members $10 per hour to use a court. there's also $500 fee to become a member. stella joined the tennis club last spring, and she has been a member for 5 months. she has been playing 10 hours of tennis each month. stella values an hour of her time at $20. during a boring afternoon meeting, stella thinks about reserving a court to work on her serve for an hour tonight. what's stella's opportunity cost of working on her serve for an hour?