Hernan Cortez, the Spanish conqueror, is said to have burned his ships upon arrival in Mexico. In light of what you know about strategic incumbents and entry deterrence, explain why Cortez would do such a thing.?

The amberssen specialty company is a chain of twelve retail stores that sell a variety of imported gift items, gourmet chocolates, cheeses, and wines in the toronto area. amberssen has an is staff of three people who have created a simple but effective information system of networked point-of-sale registers at the stores and a centralized accounting system at the company head- quarters. harry hilman, the head of amberssens is group, has just received the following memo from bill amberssen, sales director (and son of amberssen’s founder). harry—it’s time amberssen specialty launched itself on the internet. many of our competitors are already there, selling to customers without the expense of a retail storefront, and we should be there too. i project that we could double or triple our annual revenues by selling our products on the internet. i’d like to have this ready by - giving, in time for the prime holiday gift-shopping season. bill after pondering this memo for several days, harry scheduled a meeting with bill so that he could clarify bill’s vision of this venture. using the standard con- tent of a system request as your guide, prepare a list of questions that harry needs to have answered about this project.

Wilson center is a private not-for-profit voluntary health and welfare entity. during 2017, it received unrestricted pledges of $638,000, 65 percent of which were payable in 2017, with the remainder payable in 2018 (for use in 2018). officials estimate that 14 percent of all pledges will be uncollectible. a. how much should wilson center report as contribution revenue for 2017? b. in addition, a local social worker, earning $20 per hour working for the state government, contributed 600 hours of time to wilson center at no charge. without these donated services, the organization would have hired an additional staff person. how should wilson center record the contributed service?

Rachel died in 2014 and her executor is finalizing her estate tax return. the executor has determined that rachel’s adjusted gross estate is $10,120,000 and that her estate is entitled to a charitable deduction in the amount of $500,000. using 2014 rates, calculate the estate tax liability for rachel’s estate.