The table below shows the values for several different components of GDP. Component Value (billions of dollars)

  Consumer durables $1,329.00
  Consumer nondurables    2,679.0
  Services    8,112.3
  Business fixed investment    2,850.0
  Residential fixed investment       578.0
  Inventories         93.3
  Exports    2,352.3
  Imports   2,901.5
  Government purchases    3,189.3

Required:
a. What is the value of total gross investment?
b. Calculate depreciation and net investment for this economy.
c. Calculate the amount of next year's beginning capital stock for this economy.

For each of the following users of financial accounting information and managerial accounting information, specify whether the user would primarily use financial accounting information or managerial accounting information or both: 1. sec examiner 2. bookkeeping department 3. division controller 4. external auditor (public accounting firm) 5. loan officer at the company's bank 6. state tax agency auditor 7. board of directors 8. manager of the service department 9. wall street analyst 10. internal auditor 11. potential investors 12, current stockholders 13. reporter from the wall street journal 14. regional division managers

True tomato inc. makes organic ketchup. to promote its products, this firm decided to make bottles in the shape of tomatoes. to accomplish this, true tomato worked with its bottle manufacture to create a set of unique molds for its bottles. which of the following specialized assets does this example demonstrate? (a) site specificity (b) research specificity (c) physical-asset specificity (d) human-asset specificity

In 1975, mcdonald’s introduced its egg mcmuffin breakfast sandwich, which remains popular and profitable today. this longevity illustrates the idea of: