Heather cracked the screen of her old mobile phone a few months ago. She could still read the screen and conduct calls and read emails, but as the months have gone by the touch capability is becoming erratic. One weekend she decides it's time to go visit the local big box electronics store to be able to see the variety of new phones available. She hasn’t looked for a new phone for four or five years, so she wants to get a good feel for the options, sizes, and prices available now. When Heather is in the electronics store Karina, the salesperson, asks Heather if she can help her. Noticing that Heather is looking at the mobile phone aisle, what should Karina’s next step be?

a. Work at closing a sale with the consumer with the top end mobile phones
b. Build a relationship with the consumer and discover what the consumers' needs are
c. Provide the consumer with solutions and resolve the consumers needs

From a business perspective, an information system provides a solution to a problem or challenge facing a firm and represents a combination of management, organization, and technology elements. the organization's hierarchy, functional specialties, business processes, culture, and political interest groups are components of which element of information systems?

In a perfectly competitive market, the long-run market supply curve tends to be horizontal or nearly so. what is another way to state this fact? (a) market supply is much more elastic in the long run than the short run. (b) in the long run, average total cost is minimized. (c) in the long run, price equals marginal cost. (d) market supply is much less elastic in the long run than the short run.

For each of the following cases determine the ending balance in the inventory account. (hint: first, determine the total cost of inventory available for sale. next, subtract the cost of the inventory sold to arrive at the ending balance.)a. jill’s dress shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $40,000. during the accounting period jill’s purchased $75,000 of inventory, returned $5,000 of inventory, and obtained $750 of purchases discounts. jill’s incurred $1,000 of transportation-in cost and $600 of transportation-out cost. salaries of sales personnel amounted to $31,000. administrative expenses amounted to $35,600. cost of goods sold amounted to $82,300.b. ken’s bait shop had a beginning balance in its inventory account of $8,000. during the accounting period ken’s purchased $36,900 of inventory, obtained $1,200 of purchases allowances, and received $360 of purchases discounts. sales discounts amounted to $640. ken’s incurred $900 of transportation-in cost and $260 of transportation-out cost. selling and administrative cost amounted to $12,300. cost of goods sold amounted to $33,900.a& b. cost of goods avaliable for sale? ending inventory?