Marguerite has developed a restaurant concept featuring her grandmother's recipe for fried ice cream and opens a walk-up window mini-store specializing in the dessert. The concept is profitable and gains a lot of media attention. She wants to open up additional locations, but doesn't have a lot of start-up capital. Which of these consolidation strategies for fragmented industries could she utilize?a. Hub-and-spoke distributionb. Chainingc. Self-serviced. Franchising

Norton manufacturing expects to produce 2,900 units in january and 3,600 units in february. norton budgets $20 per unit for direct materials. indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. the balance in the raw materials inventory account (all direct materials) on january 1 is $38,650. norton desires the ending balance in raw materials inventory to be 10% of the next month's direct materials needed for production. desired ending balance for february is $51,100. what is the cost of budgeted purchases of direct materials needed for january? $58,000 $65,200 $26,550 $25,150

Responsible for setting the goals and planning for the future as well as leading and controlling the work of others. out the decisions of top management. often responsible for various departments such as the production, marketing, and accounting departments. process or function of planning organizing leading and controlling. the resources arranged in an orderly and functional way to accomplish goals and objectives. the company on track and making sure goals are met. for the daily operations of a business. examples of this are supervisors, office managers, and crew leaders. act or process of creating goals and objectives as well as the strategies to meet them. for the daily operations of a business. examples of this are supervisors, office managers, and crew leaders. how the firm is structured and who is in charge of whom. direction and vision

Alocal barnes and noble bookstore ordered 80 marketing books but received 60 books. what percent of the order was missing?