The Epic Company sells suit jackets and buttons. The button division can produce 200,000 buttons per year and sells 160,000 buttons externally for $.30 each. The buttons produce a contribution margin of $.16 per button. The suit jacket division needs 40,000 buttons this year and currently pays $.18 per button to purchase the buttons externally. Should the button division sell the buttons to the suit division? Why or why not? A : No, because Epic Company will be better off if the button division sells only externally. B : Yes, Epic Company will save $.02 per button. C : Yes, the Epic Company will save $.04 per button. D : Yes, Epic Company will save $.12 per button.

The following cost data pertain to the operations of montgomery department stores, inc., for the month of july. corporate legal office salaries $ 75,300apparel department cost of sales"evendale store $ 97,200corporate headquarters building lease $ 50,300store manager's salary"evendale store $ 12,900apparel department sales commission"evendale store $ 11,550store utilities"evendale store $ 12,800apparel department manager's salary"evendale store $ 10,450central warehouse lease cost $ 18,600janitorial costs"evendale store $ 11,800 the evendale store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the apparel department is one of many departments at the evendale store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. required: 1. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the apparel department? 2. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the evendale store? 3. what is the total amount of the apparel department's direct costs that are also variable costs with respect to total departmental sales?

You decided to charge $100 for your new computer game, but people are not buying it. what could you do to encourage people to buy your game?

Win goods inc. is a large multinational conglomerate. as a single business unit, the company's stock price is estimated to be $200. however, by adding the actual market stock prices of each of its individual business units, the stock price of the company as one unit would be $300. what is win goods experiencing in this scenario? a. diversification discount b. learning-curveeffects c. experience-curveeffects d. economies of scale