Uvicon inc. and bionor inc. are firms that compete against each other in the global market. uvicon has a high level of fixed costs and high minimum efficient scale, whereas bionor has a low level of fixed costs and low minimum efficient scale. in this scenario, which of the following is true?
a. uvicon will be better prepared to hedge against potential adverse moves in currencies than bionor.
b. uvicon will benefit from centralizing its production activities and bionor from decentralizing.
c. uvicon will have more bargaining power over contract manufacturers than bionor.
d. uvicon will be better enabled to adapt to changes in consumer demand in regional markets than bionor.
e. uvicon will be better prepared to accommodate demands for local responsiveness than bionor.

Laurelton heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. laurelton uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, laurelton estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 100 direct labor hours for the year. in april comma laurelton started and completed the following two jobs: (click the icon to view the jobs.) laurelton paid a $ 20-per-hour wage rate to the employees who worked on these two jobs. read the requirements requirement 1. what is laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours? determine the formula to calculate laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, then calculate the rate. / = predetermined overhead rate

The following information is available for ellen's fashions, inc. for the current month. book balance end of month $ 7 comma 000 outstanding checks 700 deposits in transit 4 comma 500 service charges 120 interest revenue 45 what is the adjusted book balance on the bank reconciliation?

If a government accumulates chronic budget deficits over time, what's one possible result? a. a collective action problem b. a debt crisis c. regulatory capture d. an unfunded liability