(btn 2-4) assume you are preparing for a second interview with a manufacturing company. the company manufactures customer-order holiday decorations and display items. during your first interview, you learned that the managers are not currently with the timeliness of information and inventory measurements. discuss both a. what type of cost accounting system this company should use, and b. the documents that you would recommend as part of the cost accounting system.

Consider the following limit order book for a share of stock. the last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $50. limit buy orders limit sell orders price shares price shares $49.75 500 $49.80 100 49.70 900 49.85 100 49.65 700 49.90 300 49.60 400 49.95 100 48.65 600 a. if a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. at what price would the next market buy order be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. if you were a security dealer, would you want to increase or decrease your inventory of this stock? increase decrease

You operate a small advertising agency. you employ two secretaries, a graphic designer, three sales representatives, and an office coordinator. 1. what types of things would you consider when determining how to compensate each position? describe two (2) considerations. 2. what type of compensation plan would you use for each position?

Four key marketing decision variables are price (p), advertising (a), transportation (t), and product quality (q). consumer demand (d) is influenced by these variables. the simplest model for describing demand in terms of these variables is: d = k – pp + aa + tt + qq where k, p, a, t, and q are constants. discuss the assumptions of this model. specifically, how does each variable affect demand? how do the variables influence each other? what limitations might this model have? how can it be improved?