The main problem with relying on contracts to reduce opportunistic behavior by alliance partners is that a) in cross-border alliances, the contracts are often not enforceable due to differences in legal systems. b) contracts create motivations for rule-evading behavior. c) contracts are ignored by opportunistic firms because the cost of enforcing the contract is too great for the other partner. d) it is impossible to specify all opportunistic actions by an alliance partner.

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Jack manufacturing company had beginning work in process inventory of $8,000. during the period, jack transferred $34,000 of raw materials to work in process. labor costs amounted to $41,000 and overhead amounted to $36,000. if the ending balance in work in process inventory was $12,000, what was the amount transferred to finished goods inventory?

Bcorporation, a merchandising company, reported the following results for october: sales $ 490,000 cost of goods sold (all variable) $ 169,700 total variable selling expense $ 24,200 total fixed selling expense $ 21,700 total variable administrative expense $ 13,200 total fixed administrative expense $ 33,600 the contribution margin for october is: