A company started the year with the following: Assets $121,000; Liabilities $41,500; Common Stock $71,500; Retained Earnings $8,000. During the year, the company earned revenue of $6,400, all of which was received in cash, and incurred expenses of $3,700, all of which were unpaid as of the end of the year. In addition, the company paid dividends of $2,400 to owners. Assume no other activities occurred during the year. The amount of liabilities at the end of the year is

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.