Harcourt Manufacturing (HM) has the capacity to produce 10,400 fax machines per year. HM currently produces and sells 7,400 units per year. The fax machines normally sell for $140 each. Modem Products has offered to buy 2,400 fax machines from HM for $80 each. Unit-level costs associated with manufacturing the fax machines are $23 each for direct labor and $48 each for direct materials. Product-level and facility-level costs are $54,000 and $69,000, respectively. How much would profit increase (decrease) if HM accepted this special order

Kayla and jada are roommates in new york city. both kayla and jada recently received pay raises. kayla now buys more movie tickets than before, but jada buys fewer. kayla behaves as if movie tickets are goods and jada's income elasticity of demand for movie tickets is

On january 1, jackson, inc.'s work-process inventory account showed a balance of $ 66,500. during the year, materials requisitioned for use in production amounted to $ 70,500, of which $ 67,700 represented direct materials. factory wages for the period were $ 210,000 of which $ 187,000 were for direct labor. manufacturing overhead is allocated on the basis of 60% of direct labor cost. actual overhead was $ 116,050. jobs costing $ 353,060 were completed during the year. the december 31 balance in work-process inventory is

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration