Which of the following is an example of competitive parity?
a. a firm manufactures higher-quality wall clocks than its competitors.
b. a firm provides wall clocks that its consumers value more than other wall clocks.
c. a firm sells wall clocks at a lower price than its competitors.
d. a firm produces a similar number of wall clocks at a similar cost as its competitors.

Vital industries manufactured 2 comma 200 units of its product huge in the month of april. it incurred a total cost of $ 121 comma 000 during the month. out of this $ 121 comma 000, $ 46 comma 000 comprised of direct materials used in the product and the rest was incurred because of the conversion cost involved in the process. ryan had no opening or closing inventory. what will be the total cost per unit of the product, assuming conversion costs contained $ 10 comma 900 of indirect labor?

Compute the cost of not taking the following cash discounts. (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your final answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d