The Jones Company has a very limited return policy for its products, and a customer can only return an item with a store receipt. The Jones Company has established this return policy without any customer satisfaction research. While the Jones Company thinks its policy is fair, many customers do not. A service-providing firm like the Jones Company that does little or no customer satisfaction research is most likely to experience a gap between . a. the service quality specifications and the service that is actually provided b. the customers' wants and what management thinks customers want c. what the company provides and what the customer is told it provides d. management's perception of what customers want and the quality specifications it develops

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine.andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine

You speak to a business owner that is taking in almost $2000 in revenue each month. the owner still says that they are having trouble keeping the doors open. how can that be possible? use the terms of revenue, expenses and profit/loss in your answer

Prepare the operating activities section—indirect method.(lo 4), apthe income statement of paxson company is presented here.paxson companyincome statementfor the year ended november 30, 2014sales revenue $7,600,000cost of goods sold beginning inventory$1,900,000 purchases4,400,000goods available for sale6,300,000 ending inventory1,600,000total cost of goods sold 4,700,000gross profit 2,900,000operating expenses selling expenses450,000 administrative expenses700,0001,150,000net income $1,750,000additional information: prepare the operating activities section—indirect 1. accounts receivable decreased $380,000 during the year, and inventory decreased $300,000.2. prepaid expenses increased $150,000 during the year.3. accounts payable to suppliers of merchandise decreased $350,000 during the year.4. accrued expenses payable decreased $100,000 during the year.5. administrative expenses include depreciation expense of $110,000.instructionsprepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for the year ended november 30, 2014, for paxson company, using the indirect method.net cash provided $1,940,000