A company's environment consists of both a microenvironment and a macroenvironment — forces outside of marketing that affect a marketing manager's decision making. The microenvironment includes forces close to a company, whereas the macroenvironment consists of the larger societal factors that affect the microenvironment and the company.

Required prepare the necessary adjusting entries in the general journal as of december 31, assuming the following: on september 1, the company entered into a prepaid equipment maintenance contract. birch company paid $3,400 to cover maintenance service for six months, beginning september 1. the payment was debited to prepaid maintenance. supplies on hand at december 31 are $3,900. unearned commission fees at december 31 are $7,000. commission fees earned but not yet billed at december 31 are $3,500. (note: debit fees receivable.) birch company's lease calls for rent of $1,600 per month payable on the first of each month, plus an annual amount equal to 1% of annual commissions earned. this additional rent is payable on january 10 of the following year. (note: be sure to use the adjusted amount of commissions earned in computing the additional rent.)

Scenario: you have advised the owner of bond's gym that the best thing to do would be to raise the price of a monthly membership. the owner wants to know what may happen once this price increase goes into effect. what will most likely occur after the price of a monthly membership increases? check all that apply. current members will pay more per month. the quantity demanded for memberships will decrease. the number of available memberships will increase. the owner will make more money. bond's gym will receive more membership applications.

Denise is a hard worker, but she has always had differences with her boss, angela. angela has recently become more demanding and is often unwilling to provide clarification on project requirements. after too many long working days with little or no job satisfaction, denise walked into angela's office and submitted her resignation. denise knows that her résumé is strong and feels confident she will find another job. denise is now facing unemployment.a. seasonalb. cyclicalc. structurald. frictional