Howell and Associates specializes in business consulting. Currently, they serve 28 percent of the market in their geographic area. George Howell, CEO, has decided to set a growth objective for his firm in an effort to expand their market share to 40 percent. According to the competitive parity budgeting method, what share of the total industry marketing effort do they need to have in order to attain their growth objective

Lincoln company has an accounting policy for internal reporting purposes whereby the costs of any research and development projects that are over 70 percent likely to succeed are capitalized and then depreciated over a five-year period with a full year of depreciation in the year of capitalization. in the current year, $400,000 was spent on project one, and it was 55 percent likely to succeed, $600,000 was spent on project two, and it was 65 percent likely to succeed, and $900,000 was spent on project three, and it was 75 percent likely to succeed. in converting the internal financial statements to external financial statements, by how much will net income for the current year have to be reduced? a. $180,000b. $380,000c. $720,000d. $900,000

The sec has historically raised questions regarding the independence of firms that derive a significant portion of their total revenues from one audit client or group of clients because the sec staff believes this situation causes cpa firms to

Gerda, a real estate agent, is selling a moderately priced house in a subdivision. she knows from her uncle that the factory being built half a mile from the subdivision will be manufacturing dog food, using a process that creates a very strong odor that permeates the surrounding neighborhood. a buyer, who is unaware of the type of factory under construction, makes an offer on one of the houses gerda is selling, and within a short time, the deal goes through. what does this scenario best illustrate?