Winifred read the newspaper early in the morning before she opened her Chinese imports store for the day. She read an article about the U. S. government working to limit imports from China due to Chinese dumping on the American market and unfair Chinese national banking practices. She is concerned that she will be unable to procure products for her store and that they will be more expensive if she can. Which of the following forces in the external marketing environment is the primary source of her concern?

a. Economic forces
b. Legal
c. Political forces
d. Sociocultural forces

Diggity dank corporation uses an activity-based costing system with two activity cost pools. diggity dank uses direct labor hours as the measure of activity in the first activity cost pool and the number of orders in the second activity cost pool. the following information relates to these two activity cost pools for last year: what was diggity dank's under- or overapplied overhead for last year? a. $17,000 overapplied b. $20,000 underapplied c. $27,000 underapplied d. $73,000 overapplied

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders? a) decrease the use of restrictive covenants in bond agreements, b) take actions that reduce the possibility of a hostile takeover, c) elect a board of directors that allows managers greater freedom of action, d) increase the proportion of executive compensation that comes from stock options and reduce the proportion that is paid as cash salaries, e) eliminate a requirement that members of the board directors have a substantial investment in the firm's stocks

Suppose that a monopolistically competitive restaurant is currently serving 260 meals per day (the output where mr