Kirsten, a friend of yours, plans to open a fashion boutique that will sell women’s clothing and accessories. she told you that she leafed through several books on how to prepare forecasts and pro forma financial statements but that the books were geared toward existing firms that have several years of historical financial statements on which to base their projections. if kirsten asked for your advice about how to prepare forecasts for a completely new women’s fashion boutique, what would you tell her?

Aztic inc., a manufacturer of sports goods, plans to expand its operations to various other countries. during market research, it avoids countries where the dominant population is mostly rural. in this case, aztic inc. is assessing the of the countries

Norton manufacturing expects to produce 2,900 units in january and 3,600 units in february. norton budgets $20 per unit for direct materials. indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. the balance in the raw materials inventory account (all direct materials) on january 1 is $38,650. norton desires the ending balance in raw materials inventory to be 10% of the next month's direct materials needed for production. desired ending balance for february is $51,100. what is the cost of budgeted purchases of direct materials needed for january? $58,000 $65,200 $26,550 $25,150

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation