Larry Linsuine is thinking of marketing a new idea he has been using. After years of experience as a deer hunter, he has perfected a tree stand that gives him an added advantage in deer hunting. He calls his new tree stand The Tree Hugger. He has now begun the process of manufacturing his tree stands with 20 employees working out of his garage. His life savings have provided the equity for his operation. 1. What type of business is Larry beginning?
a. Large business
b. Joint venture
c. Small business
d. None of these choices
2. What advantage will Larry have over his competition with his new product?
a. Competitive advantage
b. Comparative advantage
c. Qualitative advantage
d. Financial advantage

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

You are frustrated to find that the only way to contact the customer service department is to make a phone call. the number listed would result in long distance charges to your phone bill. which issue should be addressed by the company to keep its crm in line with your expectations?

Laurelton heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. laurelton uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, laurelton estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 100 direct labor hours for the year. in april comma laurelton started and completed the following two jobs: (click the icon to view the jobs.) laurelton paid a $ 20-per-hour wage rate to the employees who worked on these two jobs. read the requirements requirement 1. what is laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours? determine the formula to calculate laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, then calculate the rate. / = predetermined overhead rate