Bill receives a compliment on a recent campaign; he attributes the success to his creativity. mark’s campaign didn’t do well; he blames his team for not pulling together. these are examples of

Which of the following best describes vertical integration? a. produce goods or services previously purchasedb. develop the ability to produce products that complement the original productc. develop the ability to produce the specified good more efficiently than befored. build long term partnerships with a few supplierse. sell products to a supplier or a distributor

Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.

Ray gives his son, mason, three bowls. these bowls have the same capacity, but each one differs slightly in its shape and size. ray tells his son that one of the bowls can hold more liters of oil than the other two bowls. mason points out that all the bowls, though may appear different in size and shape, can store the same volume of oil. in this case, ray was most likely testing mason's concept of