Members of the book promoters association of canada recently questioned what could be done to rejuvenate the canadian book publishing industry. some claimed the problem was that many canadian bookstores had been replaced by amazon. others said the problem was stodgy advertising. still others believed the problem was small budgets for marketing programs. the best way to identify the problem would be to use . market analysis b. marketing management c. a marketing audit d. marketing research e. data mining

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

Frugala is when sylvestor puts $2,000 into 10-year state bonds and $3,000 into 5-year aaa-rated bonds in steady hand hardware, inc. he buys the four state bonds at a 5 percent interest rate and the three steady hand bonds at a 6.5 percent rate. sylvestor also buys $1,500 worth of blue chip stocks, and $800 worth of stock in a promising new sportswear company that reinvests its earnings in new growth. 1. (a) what is the maturity for each of the bond groups sylvestor buys? (b) the coupon rate? (c) the par value?

Within the relevant range, if there is a change in the level of the cost driver, then a. total fixed costs will remain the same and total variable costs will change b. total fixed costs will change and total variable costs will remain the same c. total fixed costs and total variable costs will change d. total fixed costs and total variable costs will remain the same