According to the cheating model, assuming little or no product differentiation among a small number of firms, if one firm decides to cheat on a collusive agreement by reducing its prices, others will as well and, in the long run, firms in this industry will earn no economic profits.

Job a3b was ordered by a customer on september 25. during the month of september, jaycee corporation requisitioned $2,400 of direct materials and used $3,900 of direct labor. the job was not finished by the end of the month, but needed an additional $2,900 of direct materials in october and additional direct labor of $6,400 to finish the job. the company applies overhead at the end of each month at a rate of 100% of the direct labor cost. what is the amount of job costs added to work in process inventory during october?

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?