Two manufacturers, denoted 1 and 2, are competing for 100 identical customers. Each manufacturer chooses both the price and quality of its product, where each variable can take any nonnegtive real number. Let pi and xi denote, respectively, the price and quality of manufacturer i's product. The cost to manufacturer i of producing for one customer is 10+5xi . Note in this expression that the cost is higher when the quality is higher. If manufacturer i sells to qi customers, then its total cost is qi(10+5xi). Each cutomer buys from the manufacturer who offers the greatest value, where the value of buying from manufacturer i is 1000+ xi - pi ; higher quality and lower price means more value. A manufacturer's is qi( pi- 10 - 5xi ). If both manufacturer offers the same value, then 50 customers buy from each manufacturer. If one manufacturer offers higher value, then 100 customers buy from it.
Find all symmetric Nash equilibria.

Answer:

Nash equilibrium will occur at the following conditions P1 = P2 = 10 and x1 = x2 = 0.

Explanation:

The term or concept known as the Nash equilibria is very important and it is often used in the determination of the kind of price strategies companies that are competing against one another will use in order to acquire more customers than the others.

So, in this question/problem we are given that there are two manufacturer that is manufacturer 1 and manufacturer 2. Also, the total number of customers both manufacturers are competing for is equal to 100.

Kindly note that we are given from the question that ''Each manufacturer chooses both the price and quality of its product, where each variable can take any non-negative real number''

If each of the manufacturer has 50 customers each that is symmetric condition.

Assuming we have a condition or situation where p1 is less than p2 for manufacturer 1, it means that manufacture 1 lessens its price, therefore manufacturer 1 will have all all the profit = 100(p1 - 10 - 5x1).

Assuming manufacturer 1 reduces both the quality and the price this time around to the point that it is justifiable to lower the price because of the quality , it means that we will have 1000 + (x1 = 0) + (p1 - compensation m).

For any of the manufacturer, If  m> x'  and we  have that  x1 = x'>0[ which is for the quality], then, the profit will be 100(10 + 5x'- m -10).

Also, For any of the manufacturer, if we have  x'<m<5x' and x1 for the representation of quality, then, Customers will buy from both manufacturer making  m<5x'.

Therefore, Nash equilibrium will occur at the following conditions: P1 = P2 = 10 and x1 = x2 = 0.

Alpha Inc. has receivables from unrelated parties with a face value of $5,000. It transfers these receivables to bank for $4,500, without recourse. It will continue to collect the receivables, depositing them in a non-interest-bearing bank account with the cash flows remitted to the bank at the end of each month. It is not allowed to sell or pledge the receivables to anyone else and is under no obligation to repurchase the receivables from bank. Which of the following is the appropriate treatment for these Accounts receivables?
A) It should show these receivables in its Balance Sheet.
B) It should amortize these receivables.
C) It should derecognize these receivables.
D) It should derecognize these receivables if it retains the interest earned on these.

Broussard is already at full capacity, so its assets must grow at the same rate as projected sales. At the end of 2019, current liabilities were $1.4 million, consisting of $450,000 of accounts payable, $500,000 of notes payable, and $450,000 of accruals. The after-tax profit margin is forecasted to be 4%, and the forecasted payout ratio is 45%. Use the AFN equation to forecast Broussard's additional funds needed for the coming year. Enter your answer in dollars. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as $1,200,000.
Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

According to the video, which activities are Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants likely to do? Check all that apply.

Mechanistic vs. Organic Structures Managers taking a contingency approach must consider numerous factors in designing the best kind of structure for their particular organization at that particular time. British behaviorists Tom Burns and G.M. Stalker identified what they call mechanistic and organic structures. Depending on the task environment and a variety of other considerations, the type of organizational structure chosen can be critical to organizational success. This exercise will test your knowledge of the characteristics of each of these types of organizational structure.

Select the most appropriate category (mechanistic or organic structure) for each of the characteristics of organizations.

1. Few rules and procedures
2. Narrow span of control
3. Specialized tasks
4. Many teams or task forces
5. Many rules and procedures
6. Decentralized hierarchy of authority
7. Flatter structure
8. Informal communication
9. Taller structure
10. Centralized hierarchy of authority
11. Wider span of control
12. Shared tasks
13. Formalized communication
14. Few teams or task forces


Category:

a. Mechanistic Organizations
b. Organic Organizations

Sparky Corporation uses the weighted-average method of process costing. The following information is available for February in its Molding Department:

Units:

Beginning Inventory: 30,000 units, 100% complete as to materials and 55% complete as to conversion.
Units started and completed: 120,000.
Units completed and transferred out: 150,000.
Ending Inventory: 32,500 units, 100% complete as to materials and 30% complete as to conversion.

Costs:
Costs in beginning Work in Process - Direct Materials: $48,000.
Costs in beginning Work in Process - Conversion: $53,850.
Costs incurred in February - Direct Materials: $328,050.
Costs incurred in February - Conversion: $604,150.

Required:
Calculate the cost per equivalent unit of materials.

Composing powerful paragraphs is essential when striving for clear communication. Familiarize yourself with basic paragraph elements, various paragraph patterns, and strategies for building coherence.

Use the following paragraphs to answer the questions that follow.

Paragraph A: Last week, three of our Xcite executives closed a lucrative merger deal with Editionplus. The merger will add more than 500 accounts to our business and will increase our profits by 39 percent in less than a year. Additionally, the executives met with several Editionplus product designers and agreed on three new computer prototypes that we will produce during the next five years. This means we will expand our business to both Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Paragraph B: Employee reaction has been mixed about our recent plans to expand to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Many Xcite employees are concerned that the Los Angeles site will not have the same relaxed corporate environment as the current site. However, this is not the case: The relaxed corporate environment at the San Francisco site will be replicated in Los Angeles. The culture we have developed works for the company and our employees, and we don't plan to change it. Human resources executives are already interviewing San Francisco employees so they can capture and replicate the culture with ease.

Paragraph C: The leadership at the Xcite San Francisco site has been phenomenal during the last ten years. Everyone in senior-level positions has worked his or her way up the corporate ladder and has contributed greatly to the company's success. This team has increased our profits by 6 percent, expanded office space, hired additional IT support, and strengthened our IT infrastructure. These are just a few of this leadership team's many accomplishments. In the next two months, a new leadership team will be formed for the Los Angeles site. This team will consist of transferred employees from the San Francisco site. We will be offering many of you a chance to be part of this move. Additional training will be required for all who are transferring, and moving costs will not be covered. Xcite looks forward to opening another location with excellent products, high profits, and 100 percent employee and customer satisfaction.

Required:
1. Which paragraph or paragraphs use the pivoting approach?

a. A, C
b. B
c. A

2. What is the main idea of Paragraph A?

Which of the following influences what you choose to wear
Your activities

All of the Above

Basic needs

Your personal preferences

What are the five steps to understanding how foreign born labor impacts native born workers?

The following information relates to Sheridan Company for the year 2022.

Retained earnings, January 1, 2022 $40,320
Advertising expense $1,510
Dividends during 2022 4,200
Rent expense 8,740
Service revenue 52,500
Utilities expense 2,600
Salaries and wages expense 23,520
Other comprehensive income (net of tax) 340

Required:
a. After analyzing the data, compute net income.
b. Prepare a comprehensive income statement for the year ending December 31, 2022.

The transactions listed below are typical of those involving Amalgamated Textiles and American Fashions. Amalgamated is a wholesale merchandiser and American Fashions is a retail merchandiser. Assume all sales of merchandise from Amalgamated to American Fashions are made with terms n/60, and the two companies use perpetual inventory systems. Assume the following transactions between the two companies occurred in the order listed during the year ended December 31.

Amalgamated sold merchandise to American Fashions at a selling price of $230,000. The merchandise had cost Amalgamated $175,000. Two days later, American Fashions returned goods that had been sold to the company at a price of $20,000 and complained to Amalgamated that some of the remaining merchandise differed from what American Fashions had ordered. Amalgamated agreed to give an allowance of $5,000 to American Fashions. The goods returned by American Fashions had cost Amalgamated $15,270. Just three days later, American Fashions paid Amalgamated, which settled all amounts owed.

Required:
a. Indicate the effect (direction and amount) of each transaction on the Inventory balance of Readers' Corner.
b. Prepare the journal entries that Readers’ Corner would record and show any computations.

List 6 mistakes that can be made during an interview.

Amy and Mitchell share equally in the profits, losses, and capital of the accrual basis AM Products LLC. The LLC does not need to report financial information to any third parties, so capital accounts are determined using tax rules (rather than GAAP). Amy is a managing member of the LLC (treated as a general partner) and is a U.S. person. At the beginning of the current tax year, Amy's capital account has a balance of $960,000, and the LLC has debts of $624,000 payable to unrelated parties. The debts are recourse to the LLC, but neither of the LLC members has personally guaranteed them. Assume that all LLC debt is shared equally between the partners. The following information about AM's operations for the current year is obtained from the LLC's records.


Ordinary income $900,000
W-2 wages to employees 200,000
Depreciation expense 300,000
Interest income from bond 4,000
Long-term capital loss 6,000
Short-term capital gain 12,000
Charitable contribution 4,000
Cash distribution to Amy 20,000
Unadjusted basis of partnership depreciable property 1,600,000

Year-end LLC debt payable to unrelated parties is $140,000.

Required:
What income, gains, losses, and deductions does Amy report on her income tax return?

We run a delivery service, and we believe our firm has market risk equally between that of UPS and FedEx. We know the following about these 2 firms:______.
Stock Price per share # shares outstanding Market Value of Debt
UPS $65 0.7 billion $ 5 billion
FedEx $55 250 million $ 3 billion
We also have the following data on the securities of these firms:_______.
Beta E Beta D
UPS 0.8 0
FedEx 1.1 0.1
Assume that our firm has risk-free debt with market value $20 million and equity with market value $450 million. Assume that taxes are not relevant. Please estimate our firm’s equity beta

A _____ has nonprofit status and is owned by its members

A. Securities firm

B. Investment company

C. Savings bank

D. Credit union

Two methods can be used for producing solar panels for electric power generation. Method 1 will have an initial cost of $550,000, an annual operating cost of $160,000 per year, and $125,000 salvage value after its three-year life. Method 2 will cost $830,000 with an annual operating cost of $120,000. and a $240,000 salvage value after its five-year life. The company has asked you to determine which method is better, but it Wants the analysis done over a three-year planning period. The salvage value of Method 2 will be 35% higher after three years than it is after five years. If the company's minimum attractive rate of return is 10% per year, which method should the company select?

Assume that on January 1, 2012, a parent company acquired a 70% interest in a subsidiary's voting common stock. On the date of acquisition, the fair value of the subsidiary's net assets equaled their reported book values except for machinery and equipment, which had a fair value of $480,000 and a reported book value of $250,000. The machinery and equipment had a 5 year remaining useful life and no salvage value. The following are the highly summarized pre-consolidation income statements of the parent and subsidiary for the year ended December 31 , 2013:


Income Statement Parent Subsidiary
Revenues $2,160,000 $288,000
Equity income 60,200
Expenses 1440000 144,000
Net income $780,200 144,000

For the year ended December 31, 2013, what amounts will be reported for (1) consolidated net income and (2) net income attributable to the non-controlling interest, respectively, in the parent's consolidated financial statements?

At the beginning of the month, the Forming Department of Martin Manufacturing had 17,000 units in inventory, 30% complete as to materials, and 15% complete as to conversion. During the month the department started 67,000 units and transferred 72,500 units to the next manufacturing department. At the end of the month, the department had 11,500 units in inventory, 85% complete as to materials and 60% complete as to conversion. If Martin Manufacturing uses the weighted average method of process costing, compute the equivalent units for materials and conversion respectively for the Forming Department.

A) 82,275 materials; 79,400 conversion

B) 65,275 materials; 62,400 conversion

C) 64,450 materials; 69,550 conversion

D) 77,175 materials; 79,400 conversion

E) 77,175 materials; 76,850 conversion

All of the current year's entries for Zimmerman Company have been made, except the following adjusting entries. The company's annual accounting year ends on December 31
On September 1 of the current year, Zimmerman collected six months' rent of $8,520 on storage space. At that date, Zimmerman debited Cash and credited Unearned Rent Revenue for $8,520.
On October 1 of the current year, the company borrowed $13,200 from a local bank and signed a one-year, 12 percent note for that amount. The principal and interest are payable on the maturity date.
Depreciation of $3,000 must be recognized on a service truck purchased in July of the current year at a cost of $24,000.
Cash of $3,600 was collected on November of the current year, for services to be rendered evenly over the next year beginning on November 1 of the current year. Unearned Service Revenue was credited when the cash was received.
On November 1 of the current year, Zimmerman paid a one-year premium for property insurance, $9,960, for coverage starting on that date. Cash was credited and Prepaid Insurance was debited for this amount.
The company earned service revenue of $4,200 on a special job that was completed December 29 of the current year. Collection will be made during January of the next year. No entry has been recorded.
At December 31 of the current year, wages earned by employees totaled $13,700. The employees will be paid on the next payroll date in January of the next year.
On December 31 of the current year, the company estimated it owed $490 for this year's property taxes on land. The tax will be paid when the bill is received in January of next year.
2. Using the following headings, indicate the effect of each adjusting entry and the amount of the effect. Use + for increase, − for decrease. (Reminder: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders’ Equity; Revenues – Expenses = Net Income; and Net Income accounts are closed to Retained Earnings, a part of Stockholders’ Equity.)

If there is a technological advance that lowers the cost of producing x-ray machines, then we can say that the

Hussein got a call yesterday from First Bank, the company that issued his credit card inquiring about an $105.00 charge made in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Upon learning that Hussein was in Detroit and had not made this purchase, the bank quickly took steps to cancel the card and issue a new one. Given the circumstances that Hussein's credit card number had an illegal transaction, he may also want to:____________.
A) check his computer's firewall to make sure it's working.
B) cancel his account and eliminate credit cards from his life.
C) change his passwords and store them in a password manager.
D) diversify his spending habits by using one of several credit cards when making purchases.

Rachel pushed very hard to go with Project A rather than Project B. There have been several cost overruns, the project is two weeks beyond its projected finish date, and the technology just isn't working out as planned. Rachel increases the funding for the third time and hires three new designers to help revamp the look of the product. Rachel is engaging in _____.

Tom and Betsy, who are married filing jointly, reported a standard deduction of $24,000 on their 2018 tax return. They paid $500 to the state for income taxes in 2018. In 2019, they received a $125 refund of state taxes paid in 2018. What is the amount that Tom and Betsy need to report on their 2019 tax return?

A company reports accounting data in its financial statements. This data is used for financial analyses that provide insights into a company’s strengths, weaknesses, performance in specific areas, and trends in performance. These analyses are often used to compare a company’s performance to that of its competitors, or to its past or expected future performance. Such insight helps managers and analysts improve their decision making. Most decision makers and analysts use five groups of ratios to examine the different aspects of a company’s performance. Indicate whether each of the following statements regarding financial ratios are true or false?
a. The ratios provide an accurate and thorough representation of the Chinese company’s performance.b. The analysis likely includes incorrect and misleading conclusions.

On May 31, the Cash account of Teasel had a normal balance of $5,700. During May, the account was debited for a total of $12,900 and credited for a total of $12,200. What was the balance in the Cash account at the beginning of May

You have just been hired as a financial analyst for Barrington Industries. Unfortunately, company headquarters (where all of the firm's records are kept) has been destroyed by fire. So, your first job will be to recreate the firm's cash flow statement for the year just ended. The firm had $100,000 in the bank at the end of the prior year, and its working capital accounts except cash remained constant during the year. It earned $5 million in net income during the year but paid $750,000 in dividends to common shareholders. Throughout the year, the firm purchased $5.4 million of machinery that was needed for a new project. You have just spoken to the firm's accountants and learned that annual depreciation expense for the year is $450,000; however, the purchase price for the machinery represents additions to property, plant, and equipment before depreciation. Finally, you have determined that the only financing done by the firm was to issue long-term debt of $1 million at a 5% interest rate. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below.
What was the firm's end-of-year cash balance? Recreate the firm's cash flow statement to arrive at your answer. Write out your answer completely. For example, 5 million should be entered as 5,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar, if necessary.

The following data pertain to the Oneida Restaurant Supply Company for the year just ended.

Budgeted sales revenue $205,000
Actual manufacturing overhead 336,000
Budgeted machine hours (based on practical capacity) 8,000
Budgeted direct-labor hours (based on practical capacity) 20,000
Budgeted direct-labor rate $14
Budgeted manufacturing overhead $364,000
Actual machine hours 11,000
Actual direct-labor hours 18,000
Actual direct-labor rate $15


Required:
a. Compute the firm's predetermined overhead rate for the year using each of the following common cost drivers: (a) machine hours, (b) direct-labor hours, and (c) direct-labor dollars.
b. Calculate the over-applied or under-applied overhead for the year using each of the cost drivers listed above.

If the amount of credit is 300,000 how much is the discount if the debtor is given a credit term of 2/10 N/30?show your

A company has net working capital of $1,996. If all its current assets were liquidated, the company would receive $5,923. What are the company's current liabilities?

The following were selected from among the transactions completed by Babcock Company during November of the current year:

Nov. 3 Purchased merchandise on account from Moonlight Co., list price $85,000, trade discount 25%, terms FOB destination, 2/10, n/30.

Nov.4 Sold merchandise for cash, $37,680. The cost of the merchandise sold was $22,600.

Nov. 5 Purchased merchandise on account from Papoose Creek Co., $47,500, terms FOB shipping point, 2/10, n/30, with prepaid freight of $810 added to the invoice.

Nov. 6 Returned $13,500 ($18,000 list price less trade discount of 25%) of merchandise purchased on November 3 from Moonlight Co.

Nov. 8 Sold merchandise on account to Quinn Co., $15,600 with terms n/15. The cost of the merchandise sold was $9,400.

Nov. 13 Paid Moonlight Co. on account for purchase of November 3, less return of November 6.

Nov. 14 Sold merchandise on VISA, $236,000. The cost of the merchandise sold was $140,000.

Nov. 15 Paid Papoose Creek Co. on account for purchase of November 5.

Nov. 23 Received cash on account from sale of November 8 to Quinn Co.

Nov. 24 Sold merchandise on account to Rabel Co., $56,900, terms 1/10, n/30. The cost of the merchandise sold was $34,000.

Nov. 28 Paid VISA service fee of $3,540.

Nov. 30 Paid Quinn Co. a cash refund of $6,000 for returned merchandise from sale of November 8. The cost of the returned merchandise was $3,300.

Journalize the transactions.

Financial Assertions and Audit Objectives. You are engaged to examine the financial statements of Spillane Company for the year ended December 31. Assume that on November 1, Spillane borrowed $500,000 from Second National Bank to finance plant expansion. The long-term note agreement provided for the annual payment of principal and interest over five years. The existing plant was pledged as security for the loan. Due to the unexpected difficulties in acquiring the building site, the plant expansion did not begin on time. To use the borrowed funds, management decided to invest in stocks and bonds and on November 16, invested the $500,000 in publicly traded securities
Required:
Develop specific assertions (audit objectives) related to securities (assets) based on management’s five (PCAOB) general assertions.