Which best describes the purpose of market research?

The role of the credit department includes: a. evaluating customers' credit applications to determine whether they meet the company's approval standards. b. approving all credit applications in order to avoid losing sales. c. collecting cash from customers. d. following unwritten approval standards for processing customers' credit applications.

Jaynet spends $50,000 per year on painting supplies and storage space. she recently received two job offers from a famous marketing firm – one offer was for $95,000 per year, and the other was for $120,000. however, she turned both jobs down to continue a painting career. if jaynet sells 35 paintings per year at a price of $6,000 each: a. what are her accounting profits? b. what are her economic profits?

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.