Company A and Company B are a duopoly, an oligopoly of only two firms. Neither company advertises its product and both firms earn $10 million in profits. Company A is considering increases to its advertising budget which would raise its profits to $12 million. Below is the payoff matrix for both companies and their decision as to whether to advertise or not.
Company A' Profits
Don't Adevertise Advertise
Don't Advertise A: $10 million A: $12 million
B: $10 million B: $6 million
Company B's Profits A: $6 million A: $8 million
B: $12 million B: $8 million
If Company A increases its advertising budget, Company B should:____.
A. Shut down.
B. Continue to not advertise.
C. Increase its advertising budget.
D. Increase the price it charges to increase profits.
Answer: C. Increase its advertising budget.
Explanation:
If Company A advertises and Company B does not, Company B profits are $6 million compared to $12 million for Company A. If both company advertise, they both have a profit of $8 million.
It is therefore important that when A advertises, B should advertise as well. This is why B should increase its advertising budget when A does because it will lead to them having a better income than they would should A advertise more.
A pharmaceutical company in Belgium decides to expand into additional markets. It conducts research and decides to focus on marketing and delivering its products to Hungary and the Czech Republic. In order to be successful, the company recognizes it must translate its marketing, product instructions, and packaging into the local languages. In addition, the company decides to partner with local advertising companies to make sure its marketing and advertising is customized to fit the preferences of the local markets. The pharmaceutical company has chosen to use which type of marketing strategy to expand globally?
a. centralization strat
b. localization strat
c. standardization strat
Answer:
C) standardization strategy
Explanation:
standardization strategy can be regarded as one whereby a business owner or firm give same treatment to the whole world as if it's just one market that have just small meaningful variation It's base on an assumption that needs of people can be met with a product.
Which of the following choices represents two consumers?
A grass and grasshopper
B.rabbit and dog
C. mushroom and frog
D.turtle and flower
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Answer:
Option B
Hope it helps..
The choice that represents two types of customers is B.rabbit and dog.
What kind of customers are rabbits and dogs?Rabbits are a type of customer that will not pay very much for the goods they buy. They prefer cheap things.
Dogs on the other hand, are easier to negotiate with to make profits because they usually accept a price as it is.
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Paul Company had 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding on January 1, 2021. On September 30, 2021, Paul sold 40,000 shares of common stock for cash. Paul also had 6,000 shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding throughout 2021. The preferred stock is $100 par, 6%, and is convertible into 3 shares of common for each share of preferred. Paul also had 420, 8%, convertible bonds outstanding throughout 2021. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 30 shares of common stock. The bonds sold originally at face value. Reported net income for 2021 was $270,000 with a 40% tax rate. Common shareholders received $1.20 per share dividends after preferred dividends were paid in 2021.
Required: Compute basic and diluted earnings per share for 2021. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Answer:
Basic EPS = [$270,000 - (6% * $100 * 6,000)] / [100,000 + 40,000 * 3/12]
Basic EPS = [$270,000 - $36,000] / 35,000
Basic EPS = $234,000 / 35,000
Basic EPS = 6.685714285714286
Basic EPS = 6.69
Diluted EPS = [$270,000 + ($420,00*8%*60%)] / [100000 + 40,000 * 3/12 + (420*30) + (6,000*3)]
Diluted EPS = [$270,000 + $2,016] / [35,000 + 12600 + 18,000]
Diluted EPS = $272,016 / 65,600
Diluted EPS = 4.146585365853659
Diluted EPS = $4.15
Pension data for David Emerson Enterprises include the following:_______.
($ in millions)
Discount rate, 12%
Projected benefit obligation, January 1 $ 350
Projected benefit obligation, December 31 485
Accumulated benefit obligation, January 1 320
Accumulated benefit obligation, December 31 435
Cash contributions to pension fund, December 31 170
Benefit payments to retirees, December 31 58
Required:
Assuming no change in actuarial assumptions and estimates, determine the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31.
Service cost million
Answer:
$151 million
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31.
Projected benefit obligation, December 31 $485 million
Add Benefit payments to retirees, December 31 $58 million
Less Interest cost ($42 million)
(350*12%)
Less Projected benefit obligation, January 1 ($350 million)
Service cost $151 million
Therefore the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31 will be $151 million