Keen beans, a leading coffee roaster, anticipated that the prices of coffee beans from costa rica, where its main suppliers were located, would double in less than three years. this would significantly affect keen beans' profit margins. thus, keen beans decided to develop a new partnership with a supplier in indonesia. as predicted, the price of costa rican coffee beans increased twofold. because the price of indonesian coffee beans was much lower, keen beans was able to maintain its profit margins in turbulent times. which of the following isolating mechanisms does this scenario best illustrate? a) intellectual property protectionb) causal ambiguityc) time compression diseconomiesd) better expectations of future resource value

Grey company holds an overdue note receivable of $800,000 plus recorded accrued interest of $64,000. the effective interest rate is 8%. as the result of a court-imposed settlement on december 31, year 3, grey agreed to the following restructuring arrangement: reduced the principal obligation to $600,000.forgave the $64,000 accrued interest.extended the maturity date to december 31, year 5.annual interest of $40,000 is to be paid to grey on december 31, year 4 and year 5. the present value of the interest and principal payments to be received by grey company discounted for two years at 8% is $585,734. grey does not elect the fair value option for reporting the debt modification. on december 31, year 3, grey would recognize a valuation allowance for impaired loans of

Your own record of all your transactions. a. check register b. account statement

In 1975, mcdonald’s introduced its egg mcmuffin breakfast sandwich, which remains popular and profitable today. this longevity illustrates the idea of: