The following information was taken from the segmented income statement of Restin, Inc., and the company's three divisions: Restin, Inc. Los Angeles Division Bay Area Division Central Valley Division
Revenues $1,216,000 $352,000 $387,000 $477,000
Variable operating expenses 683,600 193,600 215,000 275,000
Controllable fixed expenses 267,000 84,000 94,000 89,000
Noncontrollable fixed expenses 117,000 34,000 39,000 44,000

In addition, the company incurred common fixed costs of $23,700. Assuming use of a responsibility accounting system. What amounts should be used to evaluate the performance of the Los Angeles division manager?

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

scenario: hawaii and south carolina are trading partners. hawaii has an absolute advantage in the production of both coffee and tea. the opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of tea in hawaii is 2 pounds of coffee, and the opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of tea in south carolina is 1/3 pound of coffee. which of the following statements is true? a. south carolina should specialize in the production of both tea and coffee. b. hawaii should specialize in the production of tea, whereas south carolina should specialize in the production of coffee. c. hawaii should specialize in the production of coffee, whereas south carolina should specialize in the production of tea. d. hawaii should specialize in the production of both tea and coffee.

One country has a comparative advantage over another country in the production of a good if ithas a curved production possibilities curve and the other country has a linear production possibilities curve.has lower fixed costs than the other country. has a linear production possibilities curve and the other country has a curved production possibilities curve.is a lower opportunity cost producer of the good.