Which pair of firms has the LEAST resource similarity?

a. Small, family-owned Italian restaurant; Olive Garden
b. Target; Wal-Mart
c. HP; Dell
d. FedEx; UPS

Adamson company manufactures four lines of garden tools. as a result of an activity analysis, the accounting department has identified eight activity cost pools. each of the product lines is produced in large batches, with the whole plant devoted to one product at a time. classify each of the following activities or costs as either unit-level, batch-level, product-level, or facility-level. activities (a) machining parts. (b) product design. (c) plant maintenance. (d) machine setup. (e) assembling parts. (f) purchasing raw materials. (g) property taxes. (h) painting.