Assume that you decide to convert R&D expenses into capital assets for all firms. This will generally<br />have an impact on operating income. For which of the following firms will the increase in operating<br />income (resulting from this adjustment) be greatest?<br />a) A firm with a long amortizable life for R&D and stable R&D expenses over time.<br />b) A firm with a short amortizable life for R&D and growing R&D expenses over time<br />c) A firm with a long amortizable life for R&D and growing R&D expenses over time.<br />d) A firm with a short amortizable life for R&D and stable R&D expenses over time​

Which of the following is false regarding the links between jit and quality? a. jit increases the cost of obtaining good quality. b. as quality improves, fewer inventory buffers are needed; in turn, jit performs better. c. jit reduces the number of potential sources of error by shrinking queues and lead times. d. inventory hides bad quality; jit immediately exposes it. e. if consistent quality exists, jit allows firms to reduce all costs associated with inventory.

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?

Carrie works at a canned food production factory. the government wanted to give a boost to the salt industry, so it lined up numerous subsidies and tax exemptions for the sector. this lead to a decrease in production costs. this also meant that consumers could access canned foods at a lower price, which lead to an increase in demand for the product. which kind of economic system is carrie’s company dealing with? carrie’s company is dealing with a/an economy.