Felicity loves to try new products because she gets a thrill from it. Even though some of the products she bought turned out to be failures, Felicity is willing to take the risk. She needs to be the first one to own the newest products! Her best friend Melanie, however, is generally suspicious about new products. For instance, when the iPad first came out, Melanie was highly skeptical. Even when Felicity assured her that it was a good product, Melanie was not certain. Finally, after a few years and lots of encouragement from Felicity, Melanie decided to purchase the newest iPad. Felicity is most likely in the

Concrete consulting co. has the following accounts in its ledger: cash; accounts receivable; supplies; office equipment; accounts payable; jason payne, capital; jason payne, drawing; fees earned; rent expense; advertising expense; utilities expense; miscellaneous expense. transactions oct. 1 paid rent for the month, $3,600. 3 paid advertising expense, $1,200. 5 paid cash for supplies, $750. 6 purchased office equipment on account, $8,000. 10 received cash from customers on account, $14,800. 15 paid creditors on account, $7,110. 27 paid cash for miscellaneous expenses, $400. 30 paid telephone bill (utility expense) for the month, $250. 31 fees earned and billed to customers for the month, $33,100. 31 paid electricity bill (utility expense) for the month, $1,050. 31 withdrew cash for personal use, $2,500. journalize the following selected transactions for october 2019 in a two-column journal. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration