news reports are filled with stories of product recalls that damage a company’s reputation and can significantly harm the company’s future sales. furthermore, consumers have harnessed the power of social media and online rating sites to "spread the word" to millions of potential customers about any unsatisfying experiences they have had with products or services. as a result, a company’s reputation for either good or poor quality can increase at an exponential rate. to capture the extent of a reputation for poor quality, external failure costs should include an estimate of how much profit the company is losing due to having a reputation for poor quality.

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.

Bagwell's net income for the year ended december 31, year 2 was $189,000. information from bagwell's comparative balance sheets is given below. compute the cash received from the sale of its common stock during year 2. at december 31 year 2 year 1 common stock, $5 par value $ 504,000 $ 453,600 paid-in capital in excess of par 952,000 856,600 retained earnings 692,000 585,600

Danielle puts 8 percent of her paycheck in a 401(k) plan administered by her employer. danielle earns $55,000 per year and is in the 28 percent tax category. what annual tax savings does she get from her contribution? if her employer matches contributions on the first 5% of her salary dollar for dollar and the second 5% 50 cents on the dollar, how much will her employer put into her account this year?