84) Research has shown that the more successfully a firm can align its IT with its business goals, the more profitable it will be. What practical steps should a firm use in aligning IT with its goals? 85) You are advising the owner of Smalltown Computer, a new, local computer repair store that also builds custom computers to order. What competitive strategies would you advise Smalltown Computer to take? Which ones will it have difficulty exercising? 86) You are advising the owner of Smalltown Computer, a new, local computer repair store that also builds custom computers to order. How is […]
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69) Coptermagic Company supplies helicopters to corporate clients. Coptermagic has two sources of funds: long term debt with a market and book value of $32 million issued at an interest rate of 10%, and equity capital that has a market value of $18 million (book value of $8 million). The cost of equity capital for Coptermagic is 15%, and its tax rate is 30%. Coptermagic has profit centers in four divisions that operate autonomously. The company's results for 2008 are as follows: Operating Income Assets Current Liabilities New York $1,750,000 $11,500,000 $2,500,000 Chicago 2,400,000 9,000,000 3,500,000 Dalllas 4,675,000 27,500,000 9,500,000 […]
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21) Suppose a Holiday Inn Hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel. Average daily room rents are $50 per room and average variable costs are $10 for each room rented. It operates 365 days per year. What percent of occupancy is needed to breakeven? A) 3.65% B) 25% C) 27.4% D) 34.3% 22) Deadwood Hospital has variable costs of 50% of total revenues and fixed costs of $40 million per year. There are 40,000 patient-days estimated for the next year. The break-even point expressed in total revenue is ________. A) $10 […]
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51) The budgeting process generally concludes with the preparation of the 51) ______ A) research and development budget. B) production budget. C) cash budget. D) selling expense budget. E) budgeted financial statements. 52) Contempo Futon manufactures futons. The estimated number of sales for the last quarter of 2006 is as follows: Month Sales October 20,000 November 25,000 December 30,000 Beginning finished goods should be equal to 30 percent of each month's sales during these months and 10 percent of each month's sales in other months. January 2007 […]
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11) Absorption-costing income statements cannot differentiate between variable and fixed costs. 11) ______ 12) The period-to-period change in operating income under variable costing is driven by unit level of sales, if the contribution margin is constant. 12) ______ 13) Variable costing will generally report less operating income than absorption costing when the inventory level decreases. 13) ______ 14) Absorption costing defers the fixed manufacturing costs in ending inventory to a future period, but variable costing expenses these costs in the current period. 14) ______ 15) Changes in inventory levels do not affect income amounts between variable and absorption costing […]
