You are the manager in a market composed of eight firms, each of which has a 12.5 percent market share. in addition, each firm has a strong financial position and is located within a 100-mile radius of its competitors. instruction: enter your responses rounded to the nearest penny (two decimal places). a. calculate the premerger herfindahl-hirschman index (hhi) for this market. b. suppose that any two of these firms merge. what is the postmerger hhi? c. based only on the information contained in this question and on the u. s. department of justice horizontal merger guidelines described in this chapter, do you think the justice department would attempt to block a merger between any two of the firms?

Magic realm, inc., has developed a new fantasy board game. the company sold 15,000 games last year at a selling price of $20 per game. fixed expenses associated with the game total $182,000 per year, and variable expenses are $6 per game. production of the game is entrusted to a printing contractor. variable expenses consist mostly of payments to this contractor. required: 1-a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the game last year.1-b. compute the degree of operating leverage.2. management is confident that the company can sell 58,880 games next year (an increase of 12,880 games, or 28%, over last year). given this assumption: a. what is the expected percentage increase in net operating income for next year? b. what is the expected amount of net operating income for next year? (do not prepare an income statement; use the degree of operating leverage to compute your answer.)

Which plan offers a tax-free education?

Determine the hrm’s role in the performance management process and explain how to ensure the process aligns with the organization’s strategic plan.