Please I need help. I will mark you as brainliest !! Imagine you manage a bookstore. The store sells both fiction and nonfiction titles, but
because your store is located in a beachside town, it has a very large selection of beach and
sea-themed books. For instance, it carries a number of nonfiction books on fishing, surfing, and
sailing and a number of fiction books where the setting takes place at the beach or at sea.
Back when the store first opened in 1980, the owners set everything up to be tracked and
managed by pen and paper. But now, you've just set up a new system that will track everything
electronically. Employees will no longer have to write out receipts by hand, nor will you have to
track inventory or finances with paper. Furthermore, you now have a business website and hope
to start selling e-readers in the near future.

a) How does specialization play a role at the bookstore?

b) How will the new system of tracking sales and inventory electronically likely increase the
bookstore's competitiveness and productivity?

c) In what ways could you use technology to increase the number of customers who visit your
store?

d) What additional technologies might you be able to add to the bookstore to improve
productivity and competitiveness? Consider the role of customers and employees in this
answer.

Selected information about income statement accounts for the reed company is presented below (the company's fiscal year ends on december 31): 2018 2017sales $ 4,400,000 $ 3,500,000cost of goods sold 2,860,000 2,000,000administrative expenses 800,000 675,000selling expenses 360,000 312,000interest revenue 150,000 140,000interest expense 200,000 200,000loss on sale of assets of discontinued component 50,000 —on july 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to discontinue a division that qualifies as a component of an entity as defined by gaap. the assets of the component were sold on september 30, 2018, for $50,000 less than their book value. results of operations for the component (included in the above account balances) were as follows: 1/1/18-9/30/18 2017 sales $ 400,000 $ 500,000 cost of goods sold (290,000 ) (320,000 )administrative expenses (50,000 ) (40,000 )selling expenses (20,000 ) (30,000 )operating income before taxes $ 40,000 $ 110,000 in addition to the account balances above, several events occurred during 2018 that have not yet been reflected in the above accounts: a fire caused $50,000 in uninsured damages to the main office building. the fire was considered to be an infrequent but not unusual event.inventory that had cost $40,000 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. the inventory was sold as scrap for $5,000.income taxes have not yet been recorded.required: prepare a multiple-step income statement for the reed company for 2018, showing 2017 information in comparative format, including income taxes computed at 40% and eps disclosures assuming 300,000 shares of common stock. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)

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What are the advantages and disadvantages for an individual who accepts a job as a human resource manager in a firm that is in the midst of a retrenchment corporate strategy? a reactor business strategy?