Question : (TCO 7) Pritchard Company manufactures a product that has a variable cost of $30 per unit. Fixed costs total $1,500,000, allocated on the basis of the number of units produced. Selling price is computed by adding a 20% markup to full cost. How much should the selling price be per unit for 300,000 units? 6.
The Pentium chip which is the most common 1993 chip from Intel contained 3,100,000 transistors. The technology behind transistors over the years has changed, they are made smaller so that microprocessors could be fitted with more, which gives faster processors. The co-founder of Intel, Gordon E. Moore in 1965 described how the amount of transistors for integrated circuits which had doubled every year, Moore predicted that for at least the next ten years the trend would continue. Now more than forty five years later this prediction is still somewhat correct. Moore stated that this could continue another decade or two, but would eventually reach its limits at atomic levels of miniaturization.
Sales increased from 25,000 to 30,000 a) Based on this information, what is your best estimate of the price elasticity of demand? b) How valid is this procedure for estimating price elasticity of demand? When will it give reasonable estimates and when will it gives misleading one? c) Panasonic decided to hold the price of its 42” plasma TV at $3000. Their sales fell from 15,000 to 12,500.
(Exhibit). Whereas, the preceding marketing campaign, launched in October 2007 was unsuccessful to create the buzz to attract 10,000 subscribers and awareness for companies who were willing to advertise on Blue Orb’s website. The freeware/advertising-based revenue model for SwitchBlade did not achieve its goal. Thus, Mike Bowers (CMO) and Pete McAlindon (CEO) at Blue Orb are now considering a new marketing campaign for its first time SwitchBlade Pro paid subscription model. It is known that out of 70 million console and PC video game players
Dick’s Sporting Goods is rapidly growing and achieving things that many people thought would be impossible. This year alone, Dick's Sporting Goods has exceeded expectations with its third-quarter results and they have also pleased their shareholders with its plans to start paying dividends. Dick’s Sporting Goods now operates more than 450 shops across 42 states, along with 81 Golf Galaxy stores in 30 states and they do not plan to stop here. Dick's third-quarter net sales rose by 9.3% from the year-earlier, to almost $1.2 billion, with the help of additional sales from 19 newly opened stores. The company's gross margins went up by 126 basis points, to 29.7%, mainly because of better inventory management and a change in the product mix and selling and administration expenses range in at $274.4 million.
The popularity of internet music distribution has increased and in 2009 more than a quarter of all recorded music industry revenues worldwide are now coming from digital channels. [12] However, as The Economist reports, "paid digital downloads grew rapidly, but did not begin to make up for the loss of revenue from CDs. "[9] The 2008 British Music Rights survey[13] showed that 80% of people in Britain wanted a legal P2P service, however only half of the respondents thought that the music's creators should be paid. The survey was consistent with the results of earlier research conducted in the United States, upon which the Open Music Model was based. [14] According to Nielson Soundscan, by 2009 CDs accounted for 79 percent of album sales, with 20 percent coming from digital downloads, representing both a 10 percent drop and gain for both formats in 2
Of Chipotle's 489 stores open on Dec. 31, 2005, 184 had opened since Jan. 1, 2004, and rapid expansion is planned in the next three years. This could make future results uneven, and a change in the economy or consumer needs could affect earnings. But more than that, In contrast to Gene One, Chipotle doesn't have an extensive operating history as an independent company, making it difficult to evaluate its future prospects. Gene One has solid relationships and a solid growth
(John A. Lawrence and Jr. Barry A. Pasternack, 2002) 3. The company can not stop producing Super according to the market demand as it might be available to everybody. Also it wants to use the 8-hour shift per day while the spreadsheet indicates that there will be about 5 hours and a half of unused time because linear programming does not take into consideration the time. (John A. Lawrence and Jr. Barry A. Pasternack, 2002) Question 3 Let X1 = Number of SUPER model produced during 8 hour shift. X2 = Number of EXCELLENT model produced during 8 hour shift.
Apple | Week 4 | | | | Dustin McCabe | | | APPLE COMPUTER Apple Computer, Inc. Question 1 Describe the key strategic challenges facing Apple Computer. Apple was founded in a garage in the mid 1970’s by two friends who have a vision to make this company huge. At that time the technology industry was very small and not very competitive, but times have change drastically. Apple operates in an industry where the latest and greatest is old news by mid next month.
Complete Comprehensive Problem on p. 284 of Foundations of Financial Management. Make the following changes: Offer I change $1,000,000 now to $1,250,000; Offer II change 30% to 35%; Offer III change $200,000 to $225,000 (ttl of $450,000 per year. Dr. Harold Wolf of Medical Research Corporation (MRC) was thrilled with the response he had received from drug companies for his latest discovery, a unique electronic stimulator that reduces the pain from arthritis. The process had yet to pass rigorous Federal Drug Administration (FDA) testing and was still in the early stages of development, but the interest was intense. He received the three offers described below this paragraph.