Jameson& dawson has four strategic business units (sbus)—agriculture, auto, advertising, and accommodations. the agriculture industry is a rapidly growing industry, and jameson& dawson's sbu holds majority of the market share in the industry. hence, the company earns large profits from its agriculture unit and invests majority of its funds in it. in the context of the bcg matrix, which of the following categories of sbus best describes the agriculture unit? a) stars
b) cash cows
c) question marks
d) dogs

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $