Identify each responsibility center as a cost center, a revenue center, a profit center, or an investment center. 1. Baskin-Robbins is a subsidiary of Dunkin' Brands, Dunkin' Brands owns and operates nearly 2,500 ice cream specialty stores in the United States.
2. The Legal Department of the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies prepares its budget and subsequent performance report on the basis of its expected expenses for the year.
3. The online division of David's Bridal, Inc. reports both revenues and expenses.
4. Time Warner Inc's investor relations website provides operating and financial information to investors and other C.
5. The manager of the Speedway convenience store located on Verona Road in Madison, Wisconsin, is evaluated based on the store's revenues and expenses.
6. A charter airline records revenues and expenses for each airplane each month. Each airplane's performance report shows its income, including its revenue and expenses.
H. The manager of the southeastern sales territory is evaluated based on a comparison of current period sales against budgeted sales vh.
I. The Bakery Department of a Kroger grocery store reports income for the current year.

Eileen's elegant earrings produces pairs of earrings for its mail order catalogue business. each pair is shipped in a separate box. she rents a small room for $150 a week in the downtown business district that serves as her factory. she can hire workers for $275 a week. there are no implicit costs. what is the marginal product of the second worker?

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Scenario: you have advised the owner of bond's gym that the best thing to do would be to raise the price of a monthly membership. the owner wants to know what may happen once this price increase goes into effect. what will most likely occur after the price of a monthly membership increases? check all that apply. current members will pay more per month. the quantity demanded for memberships will decrease. the number of available memberships will increase. the owner will make more money. bond's gym will receive more membership applications.