Paulis Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During February, the kennel budgeted for 4,200 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4,180 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for February: Data used in budgeting: Fixed element per month Variable element per tenant-day Revenue $ 0 $ 30.70 Wages and salaries $ 3,200 $ 6.70 Food and supplies 600 11.50 Facility expenses 8,200 3.70 Administrative expenses 8,000 0.10 Total expenses $ 20,000 $ 22.00 Actual results for February: Revenue $ 107,980 Wages and salaries $ 23,520 Food and supplies $ 36,792 Facility expenses $ 19,270 Administrative expenses $ 9,144 The overall revenue and spending variance (i. e., the variance for net operating income in the revenue and spending variance column on the flexible budget performance report) for February would be closest to:

Chipotle mexican grill, the american mexican food chain restaurant, opened its first restaurant in the united states in 1993. in 2010, chipotle opened its first restaurant in the united kingdom in london on charing cross. by late may 2013, the company had 6 restaurants in london, but they have not been doing well even though the british have taken a liking to mexican food (boyle, 2013). why has this successful u.s. chain not seen the same success overseas? if you were chipotle's ceo, how would you fix this situation? what is an alternative means of venturing outside of its domestic markets that may allow for a competitive advantage? then, pick a company that has not yet expanded overseas, or if it has expanded, suggest a different strategy for entrance into an overseas market that you feel would be more strategic for the company. research its rivals in the global marketplace and market conditions in the overseas market you are targeting. justify your recommended entry strategy based on these industry and market conditions.

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

What has caroline's payment history been like? support your answer with two examples