The owner of a landscaping business has noticed that none of his competitors are including ponds or other water features in the gardens they create. The landscaper wants to determine the viability of this business opportunity What should this entrepreneur do FIRST before offering to design and build water features as part of his landscaping business? Contact the water department to see if they can support the extra demand for water.

Ask the customers in the area if they are interested in adding a water feature to their gardens.

Determine if there is a supply chain available. Perform a financial audit to determine if there is

enough money available to add the new service.

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.

When partners own different portions of the business, the terms should be stated clearly in what document? the articles of incorporation the executive summary the business summary the partnership agreement